Degree Name
MA (Master of Arts)
Program
Criminal Justice
Date of Award
12-2021
Committee Chair or Co-Chairs
Jennifer Pealer
Committee Members
Bradley Edwards, Nichole Prior
Abstract
There are numerous types of reentry programs available to inmates to help avoid the cycle of recidivism. There is little research on the impacts of reentry programs in jail populations. This current study sought to provide more research in this area by evaluating a local jail reentry program’s effect on recidivism. A quasi-experimental design was used to estimate the program’s effectiveness by comparing the recidivism statistics of inmates that have participated in the reentry program to a control group of inmates that did not. Inmates in the control group were matched according to their gender, age, race, and current offense type in efforts to mirror the type of inmates in the treatment group. Analyses indicated that inmates that completed the Correctional Career Pathways program had lower rates of recidivism when compared to the control group, but this difference was not great enough to be statistically significant.
Document Type
Thesis - unrestricted
Recommended Citation
Gass, Grace, "Correctional Career Pathways: A Jail Reentry Program Evaluation" (2021). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Paper 3993. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3993
Copyright
Copyright by the authors.