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The Effects of Sanction Intensity on Criminal Conduct - JDAI Helpdesk

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were not were all c<strong>on</strong>ducted in the U.K. at the same time by the same evaluators, and<br />

reported in the same paper.<br />

We see similar results for technical violati<strong>on</strong>s, although the smaller number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

studies in this category affected the analyses we could run (Table 1.4). We combined<br />

government and other unpublished reports to compare them with published academic<br />

articles. Although the between-group difference was n<strong>on</strong>-significant (Q B = 2.31, p ≤<br />

.129), there was a large, statistically significant increase in technical violati<strong>on</strong>s for ISP<br />

participants in published studies, compared to a slight increase in unpublished studies<br />

(published: N = 8, OR = 2.08, p ≤ .007; unpublished: N = 8, OR = 1.19, p ≤ .472). We<br />

<strong>on</strong>ly had technical violati<strong>on</strong> data for studies c<strong>on</strong>ducted in the 1980s and 1990s, and<br />

although studies from both decades had increased violati<strong>on</strong>s am<strong>on</strong>g ISP participants, the<br />

increase was larger and significant in the 1980s (N = 11, OR = 1.81, p ≤ .023; 1990s: N =<br />

4, OR = 1.22, p ≤ .631). <str<strong>on</strong>g>The</str<strong>on</strong>g> between-group difference is n<strong>on</strong>-significant (Q B = .63, p ≤<br />

.429). Although the number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> studies in the 1990s is very small, limiting the<br />

c<strong>on</strong>clusi<strong>on</strong>s we can draw from these results, it may be the case that 1980s studies showed<br />

more technical violati<strong>on</strong>s because c<strong>on</strong>trol/surveillance was the prevailing supervisi<strong>on</strong><br />

philosophy in that era.<br />

We examined the moderating effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a limited set <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> sample characteristics <strong>on</strong><br />

ISP outcomes. We found no effect <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age <strong>on</strong> the relati<strong>on</strong>ship between supervisi<strong>on</strong><br />

intensity and recidivism (Q B = .07, p ≤ .794; juveniles: N = 16, mean OR = .97, p ≤ .778;<br />

youth and adults: N = 20, OR = .93, p ≤ .465). We could not assess the effects <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age <strong>on</strong><br />

technical violati<strong>on</strong>s because too few studies reported this outcome for juveniles. We also<br />

found no effect for gender <strong>on</strong> either recidivism or violati<strong>on</strong>s (recidivism: Q B = 1.59, p ≤<br />

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