Violent Offending: A Research Study

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This study addresses current questions about the use of secure confinement to restrain violent offending. This study compares recidivism rates among first-time violent offenders sentenced to one of three dispositions: home on probation, group-home placement, or probation-camp placement. Researchers followed the strategies of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention identify and categorize violent offenses including simple assault, aggravated assault, rape, etc. A total of 2,504 participants were a part of this study. Asians and “other” identifying races/ethnicities were removed due to a small sample size. Overall, 73% of youths were assigned to in-home probation, 13% of youths were assigned to probation camp, and 14% of youths