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Incarceration and Recidivism among Sexual Offenders

Abstract

The relationship between incarceration and recidivism was investigated in a sample of 627 adult male sexual offenders. Incarceration for the index offense was unrelated to sexual or violent recidivism. This was the case whether incarceration was examined as a dichotomous variable (incarceration vs. community sentence) or as a continuous variable (length of incarceration). Risk for sexual recidivism was assessed with a modified version of the …

Authors

Nunes KL; Firestone P; Wexler AF; Jensen TL; Bradford JM

Journal

Law and Human Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 3, pp. 305–318

Publisher

American Psychological Association (APA)

Publication Date

June 2007

DOI

10.1007/s10979-006-9065-5

ISSN

0147-7307