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Sex Offender Risk Level Classification Tool and Recidivism
Robert Barnoski - January 2006
This report examines how well the components within the Sex Offender Risk Level Classification Tool, the notification considerations and risk assessment scores, predict felony sex recidivism.
Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Trends
Robert Barnoski - January 2006
This report first examines trends in granting special sex offender sentencing alternatives (SSOSAs). The report then compares recidivism rate trends for those granted a SSOSA to sex offenders not granted a SSOSA.
Special Sex Offender Sentencing Alternative Revocations
Robert Barnoski - January 2006
This report examines special sex offender sentencing alternative ( SSOSA) revocations.
Predicting Recidivism Based on Demographics and Criminal History
Robert Barnoski - January 2006
This report describes how well a “static” risk tool being developed by the Institute for the Department of Corrections predicts recidivism for Washington State sex offenders. This tool is considered static, since it is based solely on demographic and criminal history data that cannot be changed.
Evidence-Based Adult Corrections Programs: What Works and What Does Not
Steve Aos, Marna Miller, Elizabeth Drake - January 2006
This report to the Washington State Legislature summarizes our latest review of evidence-based adult corrections programs. We previously published a review on this topic in 2001. In this study, we update and significantly extend our earlier effort.
We are publishing our current work in two installments. In this preliminary report, we provide a systematic review of the evidence on what works (and what does not) to reduce crime. In a subsequent final report, to be published in October 2006, this analysis will include a benefit-cost estimate for each option.
Options to Stabilize Prison Populations in Washington—Interim Report
Steve Aos - January 2006
The 2005 Washington State Legislature directed the Institute to identify options that can cost-effectively reduce the need for future prison capacity. This brief interim report summarizes some general background information, discusses the research we have conducted to date, and outlines the work that will be completed in the final report, which will be presented to the Legislature by October 1, 2006.
Has Community Notification Reduced Recidivism?
Robert Barnoski - December 2005
This report examines the influence of sex offender registration and community notification statutes on recidivism.
Notification Levels and Recidivism
Robert Barnoski - December 2005
This report examines how well the DOC End of Sentence Review Committee's notification levels predict recidivism.
Report Series Highlights
Robert Barnoski - December 2005
This presentation highlights key findings from the study series as of December 2005.
Predicting the Initial Sentencing Decision
Robert Barnoski - September 2005
This report addresses how accurately the type of sentence can be determined by combining the case attributes using multivariate analyses.
