Most recidivism research focuses on characteristics of the offender to determine the likelihood of repeat criminal activity. Researchers are presenting recidivism research that instead looks at ...

Charges of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) by repeat offenders are increasing in Tennessee, despite new laws and educational efforts to reduce recidivism, according to a new report. Two laws that ...

In a study with potentially far-reaching implications for criminal justice in the United States, a team of California researchers has found that algorithms are significantly more accurate than humans ...

Crime rates are increasing across the United States. If history is any indication, many policymakers and Americans will look to our prisons and jails in the next few years to stop the crime rise. But ...

Why do so many people return to crime after serving their sentence—even in Norway, with one of the world's most humane prison systems? That is the question Olea Linnea Andersson recently explored in ...

More than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars, despite billions in taxpayer dollars spent on prison systems that are supposed to help ...

ATLANTA (AP/WCCO) -- More than 40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars, despite billions in taxpayer dollars spent on prison systems that ...

Over the past decade, there has been growing bipartisan consensus on the need for prison reform. US prison systems are seen as ineffective, or “broken,” due to the relatively high recidivism rates ...

Popular opinion suggests that those convicted of terrorism related offenses are very likely to re-offend. But how accurate is this belief? In response to 9/11, Congress enacted several legislative ...

But researchers who’ve looked at how how often those released from the state’s prisons and jails in the ruling’s aftermath say such fears have not come to pass. A new analysis from the Public Policy ...

Poor physical or mental health increases the chance that formerly incarcerated individuals will commit more crimes and return to prison, according to a groundbreaking new Rutgers University-Camden ...