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What Works in Corrections
Reducing the Criminal Activities of Offenders and Deliquents

Part of Cambridge Studies in Criminology

Author: Doris Layton MacKenzie, University of Maryland, College Park

Date Published: July 2006
availability: Available
format: Hardback
isbn: 9780521806459

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What Works in Corrections, first published in 2006, examines the impact of correctional interventions, management policies, treatment and rehabilitation programs on the recidivism of offenders and delinquents. The book reviews different strategies for reducing recidivism and describes how the evidence for effectiveness is assessed. Thousands of studies were examined in order to identify those of sufficient scientific rigor to enable conclusions to be drawn about the impact of various interventions, policies and programs on recidivism. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses were performed to further examine these results. This book assesses the relative effectiveness of rehabilitation programs (e.g., education, life skills, employment, cognitive behavioral), treatment for different types of offenders (e.g. sex offenders, batterers, juveniles), management and treatment of drug-involved offenders (e.g., drug courts, therapeutic communities, outpatient drug treatment) and punishment, control and surveillance interventions (boot camps, intensive supervision, electronic monitoring). Through her extensive research, MacKenzie illustrates which of these programs are most effective and why.
- Intensive review of correctional interventions and programs
- Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of correctional programs
- Review of the effectiveness of incapacitation strategies
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Product details
- Date Published: July 2006
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9780521806459
- length: 404 pages
- dimensions: 239 x 157 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.656kg
- contains: 31 tables
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Part I. Strategies for Reducing Crime:
1. Strategies for reducing recidivism
2. Assessing the evidence
3. Incapacitation
4. Perspectives on rehabilitation
Part II. The Effectiveness of Rehabilitation Programs:
5. Academic education and life skills training
6. Vocational education, correctional industries and employment programs
7. Cognitive behavioral therapy programs
Part III. Targeting Specific Types of Offenders:
8. Sex offender treatment
9. Juveniles
10. Domestic violence
Part IV. Management and Treatment of Substance Abusers:
11. Drug courts
12. Outpatient and incarceration-based drug treatment
Part V. Control, Discipline and Punishment:
13. Correctional boot camps
14. Intensive supervision and electronic monitoring
Part VI. Conclusions:
15. What works?
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Doris Layton MacKenzie, University of Maryland, College Park
Doris Layton MacKenzie is Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Maryland. She earned her masters and doctorate in Psychology from The Pennsylvania State University and was awarded a Visiting Scientist position at the National Institute of Justice, US Department of Justice. In this capacity, she provided expertise to Federal, State and Local jurisdictions on correctional boot camps, correctional policy, intermediate sanctions, research methodology, experimental design, statistical analyses, and evaluation techniques. As an expert in criminal justice, Dr MacKenzie has consulted with State and Local jurisdictions, and has testified before US Senate and House Committees. Dr MacKenzie has recently completed an edited book on correctional boot camps. Currently, she is a Co-Director of the International Prison Project and has been invited to present her work at the United Nations as well as in cities worldwide.