Doctoral Dissertation Research: Evaluating Models of Rehabilitation and Probation in the Criminal Justice System

博士论文研究：评估刑事司法系统中的改造和缓刑模式

• 批准号: 1729518
• 负责人: Richard Wiener
• 金额: $ 1.49万
• 依托单位: University of Nebraska-Lincoln
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-09-01 至 2019-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1729518&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Evaluating; Models

Many communities in the United States increasingly have turned to alternative correction programs, such as probation and other forms of rehabilitation, to deal with high rates of incarceration. These various programs attempt to reduce prison costs and overcrowding, while better integrating offenders into society. This project will examine the utility of some rehabilitative programs as probation officers make decisions about high risk offenders. Consequently, the project will evaluate new case management tools in the criminal justice system with respect to decision making, recidivism, and public safety.The project will examine various models of rehabilitation used during the probation phase of criminal justice. It does so by incorporating and integrating theories and models from the disciplines of rehabilitation, social psychology, and criminology. The result of the evaluation will be an integrated model of rehabilitation reform that provides high risk offenders and their probation officers with motivating goals to influence behavior and reduce recidivism. Evaluation will take place first through a field study of archival data from the Nebraska Office of Probation Administration, and then via an experimental design employing nearly 300 probation officers, in order to ascertain how probation officers use various rehabilitative tools and programs. Predictions of recidivism will be examined through the lens of various theories and models.

美国的许多社区越来越多地转向其他矫正项目，如缓刑和其他形式的改造，以应对高监禁率。这些不同的项目试图减少监狱成本和过度拥挤，同时更好地使罪犯融入社会。这个项目将检查一些康复项目的效用，因为缓刑官员对高危罪犯做出了决定。因此，该项目将在决策、累犯和公共安全方面评估刑事司法系统中新的案件管理工具。该项目将审查刑事司法缓刑阶段使用的各种改造模式。它通过整合和整合康复、社会心理学和犯罪学等学科的理论和模型来实现这一目标。评估的结果将是一个综合的改造模式，为高风险罪犯及其缓刑官员提供激励目标，以影响他们的行为并减少再犯。评估将首先通过对内布拉斯加州缓刑管理办公室的档案数据进行实地研究，然后通过雇用近300名缓刑官员的实验设计，以确定缓刑官员如何使用各种康复工具和计划。再犯的预测将通过各种理论和模型的镜头进行检查。