To begin recidivism is the process of an ex criminal reoffending after being offered the classes and sessions needed to stop their criminal behavior. Once these prisoners are released after serving their sentence, they have the opportunity to begin a normal, successful, civil life style, or go back to crime and eventually reoffend and become a recidivist. In a study on recidivism researchers found that eleven percent of prisoners released in thirty states were arrested in another state five years later. This goes to show that giving these inmates what they need to be successful does work most of the time. It also shows that there is no way to change certain people, and they will always find their way back to their past. In the past study the prisoners released from the thirty states were responsible for seventy-seven of the prisoners released from state prisons nationwide. This is just more proof to show that these numbers are accurate. Recidivism is certainly something to worry about, but what we as a nation are doing so far tends to work. It may not work as well as we want it to, but with more help and research I believe recidivism can be almost inexistent. -LW789
I agree that certain people are doomed to recidivate. This could be due to lack of support systems outside of prison walls. Once people get out, it is all about who they are surrounded by. They can steer clear of crime by making conscious choices to better their lives. However, if prisoners go back to their normal ways, they will likely recidivate, and soon. Family789
I also agree that some people either are unable too or are unwilling to change. Sometimes getting out of a bad neighborhood just is not enough to help people if they are going to different states and still reoffending. If what we do does help certain offenders we just have to work to make it better. Slim789
Rehabilitation programs are great to offer to inmates trying to better themselves to rejoin society. But, the data shows that most inmates that are released recidivate within 3 years to six years. But, I don't believe it is the rehabilitation programs fault. It's all up to the offender to take what he has been given and the skills to use and actually apply them. Some people go back to their old ways and hang out with the same people. Or they go back to the same neighborhood and slowly fall back into the streets. But, you also have to look at if the jail or prison actually applies the rehabilitation process. Some jails don't have the funding to really instill the programs to help the inmates. And when they get out they have a record to where they can't find a decent job so in return they find side jobs to get that extra cash and end up getting busted again. If we can get the funding and notice the high rates of recidivism and change the way we see these inmates maybe we can apply more programs to help ensure that they stay on the right path. Pitbull#789
The term paper my group has been assigned deals with mass shootings and how they affect society and cause a sense of fear to all schools in the nation. There are many different locations on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website that have useful information for my term paper. For starters there is a link on the website to information on violent crimes. This is important and useful because it has the definition of a violent crime, which mass shootings would fall under. Along with the link of violent crime there is a subunit that goes along with violent crime labeled “Location” and under location there is an option for school. This is very helpful and useful for my term paper because many mass shootings happen in schools, and this part of the webpage has valued information on that topic. There are also two other subunits under violent crime labeled “Hate Crime,” and “Weapon Use” these two subunits will also be of use in my term paper. Hate crime can be a reason to cause a mass shooting due to the shooter disagreeing or not believing in the lifestyles of others. Weapon use is also an important point determining what kind pf firearms were used in a certain mass shooting. All in all, this website is a very helpful and credible source for my term paper. -LW456
I really enjoy the Bureau of Justice statistics website because it gives us students a chance to really look at different numbers and compare them. I think that hate crime is definitely a reason why there are alot of school shootings happening across the United States. School shooters may not believe in the lifestyles of others, which may cause them to harm others. -jas456
I do believe and agree offering more jobs and trade skills can decrease the chances of an offender to reoffend. The more we look into jails and prisons that have treatment programs, we see that a lot of offenders will not reoffend. I think we could put more work and research to decrease recidivism, versus putting more work into putting offenders into jails and prisons.-as123
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is also another great tool to use for my term paper. The topic of my term paper is police brutality, and even though I didn't really see any information regarding police brutality there is a lot of info regarding violent crimes, murder, rape and many more. According to NCVS victimization in 2014 violent victimization was 5,539,570 in 2014 and in 4 years that number increased by 1,475,945. In the reading it says that in 2008 About 5% of violent crime victims could determine that the offenders were gang members.About 4 out of 10 violent crime victims did not know whether or not the offenders were gang members. Males reported that the offenders were gang members at a somewhat higher rate than females.These are very interesting statistics because in police brutality police are often afraid of minorities because they are sometimes seen as a threat. According to the statistics hispanics and blacks arrest rate is much higher than whites.-Jas456
My topic along with yours was not listed on these links but I believe that you did a great job at comparing other data to you topic of police brutality. Using topics such as violent victimization and gang members are agreeably helpful because using your own research you found that police are often afforded by people who are younger than those who are older. -tumble456
I truly appreciate the Bureau of Justice measurements site since it allows us, understudies, to truly take a gander at various numbers and think about them. My topic alongside yours was not recorded on these connections however I accept that you worked superbly at contrasting other information with your subject. - Smiley123
Similarly to your issue finding statistics on police brutality, I was struggling to find information on stop-and-frisks. In my search I focused on racial biases and police misconduct, in which I found some sources you may also want to look at. There were articles, "Police Use Of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11", "Police Behavior During Traffic And Street Stops, 2011", and "Contacts Between Police And The Public, 2015". Although they don't deal with the specific actions of police misconduct, they offer statistics on treatment in regards to race, as well as how many reported lack of police professionalism or use of force. -Gatsby456
I think that was very interesting to see how you were able to correlate certain stats to fall in line with your topic. It is hard to find specific evidence sometimes very topics that may not be as researched despite being a very controversial issue. -Blues456
I genuinely welcome the Bureau of Justice estimations site since it permits us, understudies, to really look at different numbers and consider them. My theme close by yours was not recorded on these associations anyway I acknowledge that you worked amazingly at standing out other data from your subject. - Smiley456
The bureau of Justice statistics is a great place to look at data for a lot of things with criminal justice and even if our topics are not in with them, they really all tie together. My topic was domestic violence and I know from doing research otherwise that there is a lot of recidivism in people who are in domestic situations. -Cookie456
In looking for documents relating to stop-and-frisks, I have had to be a little more unique with my research. One article I found presented data on non-fatal force used against different races by police in years ranging from 2002-2011. They noted that 3.5% of blacks and 2.1% of hispanics experienced non-fatal force, while whites only reported 1.4%. I was interested in these reported biases because it reminded me of an excerpt from our textbook reporting NYPD’s abuse of stop-and-frisk, especially in non-white individuals. In a similar article questioning police behavior during traffic and street stops, it was once again reported that white individuals were much less likely to be ticketed or searched. While only 10% of whites and hispanics were pulled over, 13% of black drivers were stopped. Perhaps there has been a recent shift towards more representative police interaction, as a 2015 study regarding police and public contact states. In this report, 23% of white individuals reported having contact with the police, as opposed to 20% of blacks and 17% of hispanics. Although, I would be curious to compare these statistics to the proportions of the community each race represented, in order to decide if these statistics are truly less biased. -Gatsby456
Looking to compare the statistics sounds like a good idea. We need to work towards making contact with police fair and just for everyone. I wouldn’t doubt the legitimacy of the statistics of people experiencing non-fatal force because of how people of color can be treated by law enforcement. In order to rebuild the broken bonds with the communities affected by the issues with stop and frisk, we must be more careful about interacting with people of color and push to treat others fairly. _OUTATIME456
When a person recidivates, it is assumed that the person has been incarcerated for a prior offense and received adequate rehabilitation for the offense. After this chain of events has occurred, the person reoffends. Recidivists, or those who recidivate, typically do so within the first nine years of release from imprisonment. Within the first year of release, forty-four percent of prisoners were arrested for reoffending. Within nine years, this number rises to eighty-three percent. It is clear that many people will within the first decade of release, most prisoners will reoffend. This could be due to convicts serving long sentences and not being properly reintegrated into society. There are many factors to reintegration. Will a prisoner be able to find and hold a job? Will the prisoner be able to stay away from temptations and people who may cause them to reoffend? Will they be able to interact well with other people? These are just a few of the necessary questions that need to be asked when contemplating the reintegration of an inmate back into society. I feel as though some prisoners recidivate because they know no life other than that of a criminal. The point that needs to be made is that prison is not the end and that there is a life after prison for most people who are incarcerated. Family789
I agree wholeheartedly with your comment I feel as though we should as a society give offenders a chance by equipping them with skills that are necessary for working a legitimate job, put faith in them and let them see that there are other paths to take other than one of crime. -Edw123
Reading this article on recidivism it states “ An estimated 11 percent of nearly 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested at least once in another state within five years of release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The rate at which these prisoners were arrested in another state within five years varied by the state of release from 6 to 26 percent.” I think this shows that once ex-convicts leave the prison system that no one wants to help them readjust to the society they begin to enter which only turns prison into a revolving door for many people. Reading further I found that “29 percent of prisoners were arrested for a violent offense either within or outside the state of release, 26 percent of prisoners were arrested for a violent crime within the state of release and 3 percent were arrested for a violent crime outside the state of release.” This shows the dangers of letting ex-convicts go without helping them into their transition into society. Some convicts may go in their first time on a nonviolent offense and then come out only to commit a much more violent crime but I think this could be prevented if we have better programs for ex-convicts to give them life skills and opportunities to help them renter society successfully.-Edw123
My term paper is on the mass incarceration of women, so recidivism is a big deal in this topic. With the number of women being incarcerated continuously increasing the topic of recidivism is also a big issue with women. With the information this site gives on recidivism and other topics will be a big help for my term paper this semester. -LW789
I really enjoy the topic of recidivism because of how much evidence there is to prove where we are failing our country. With the rates for recidivism so high we can see we obviously need to try and focus on reintegration into the communities. -Blues123
The bureau of justice has a ton of information but the link to “criminal justice data improvement” I found helpful to my term paper which is on the topic “stop and frisk.” I believe this link could be helpful because since this site is improving the records of crime, since stop and frisk is a crime I think that once the state finds a way to document it, the rates will decrease. Another topic I found to be useful for my term paper is “body worn cameras in law enforcement” this is extremely helpful when referring to stop and frisk because then there will be proof of the crime being committed because it'll be right on camera. The courts or police department will be able to see why the suspect was stopped and why the police decided to search them and if it was necessary. The last helpful like I came across was “contacts between police and the pubic” this seems helpful because it is proving that the contact between the police and the public has decreased from 2015 by millions could also mean that stop and frisk is also decreasing. Also the police using force or threats has decreased causing the community to have a better outlook on their local police. -tumble456
What I didn’t know before reading this article, is that ICE is used to prevent acts of terrorism. Also what I didn’t know is that agencies will spend a certain number of hours on each topic, and how to handle them. Also this article broke down is the percentage of each topic. Like time and money. –kahffcj456
My groups term paper involves woman's mass incarceration. From the BJS statistics I have gathered that in general that men's percentages are still high compared to woman. My findings are based through the years of 2005 to 2014. In 2005 89% of males and 10% of woman were released back into society. Within the first year of release out of 100% of both genders combined 35% of that rearrest was woman. As I look over the data, the third and sixth year follow ups, reveal that the woman's rates are higher in percentage to recidivate. But, the annual percentage stating off with 45% male and 35% woman in the first year to ricidivate by year 9,2014, the percentages have leveled out to 24% men and 21% woman. This is still a high percentage for woman in general.I noticed that most of these high percentages are between the ages 18 to 24. And you also have to figure in the race. I have learned that woman's rates for arrests have been becomming more alarming. Especially in teen woman. But, most of the arrests are for petty low class crimes such as theft and drugs. The reason that I believe that woman are being arrested alot more is because of the gender equality rights. In the younger years the woman were not being accounted for their behavior until now. Also, teenagers are becoming more rebelious. Why would woman recidivate and go back to jail? Maybe, they are single mothers who think that in order to provide for the family and they don't have money, they have to steal. Or it could be how they are brought up or who they are around. In general though, arrests rates and crime are going down yes, but women are also most in the same percentage rates as men within a 10% difference. Pitbull#789
I find this information really interesting. The fact that it is mostly teen women interests me the most because I feel like that is different for men. Is it something to do with gender stereotypes or the way the body develops differently. I also find it really interesting that men and women are almost the same as recidivism. sun456
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is additionally another incredible apparatus to use for my research project. The Bureau of Justice Statistics gathers criminal history information from the FBI and state record archives to examine recidivism examples of different wrongdoers, remembering people for probation or released from jail. The subject of my research paper is police brutality, and despite the fact that I didn't generally observe any data with respect to police ruthlessness there is a ton of information in regards to brutal violations, murder, assault and some more. An expected 11% of the 405,000 detainees discharged in 30 states during 2005 were captured in any event once in another state inside 5 years following discharge. The probability that detainees were captured out of state following discharge expanded with the number of out-of-state captures in their criminal history. Inside their first year of discharge, an expected 43% of detainees were captured for another wrongdoing either inside the state of discharge or in another state. Guys had higher out-of-state recidivism rates than females. Inside 1 year of discharge in 2005, 3% of guys and 2% of females had an out-of-state capture. Five years after discharge, 11% of guys and 9% of females had an out-of-state capture. -Smiley123
The term recidivation refers to someone who reoffends after doing time after a previous crime. This can happen after doing time in jail or prison or after taking classes or going through rehab. This is a tough topic to tackle in the criminal justice system because of a number of factors. One of the biggest is reintegrating offenders back into the community. According to a press release made by the Department of Justice, five out of six state prisoners where arrested again under nine years of there release. Another interesting statistic is how 68% of released state prisoners under three years. Funny enough, offenders of drug and property crimes are more likely to be rearrested than violent offenders. Also, the released violent offenders are more likely to be arrested for another violent crime. All of these statistics boil down to a problem that we have been working to solve, how do we reduce or prevent recidivism. This is easier said then done for a number of reasons. Some people ask, can it be prevented at all, I personally believe the answer is no. We can never be able to fully understand how the human mind works but we can still work to reduce the rate. This will help in reintegration and maybe even boost community support for our justice system. -OUTATIME456
I think the people who committed drug and property crimes are more likely to re offend more than the violent offenders, because a lot of them go in not having much and could already be addicted to drugs. Once they come out they didn't get any help with their drug addictions and go right back to the streets. -CRJB123
You know at this point I dont really know what I believe but I do agree and I do find it interesting that its not always the violent crimes offenders that reoffed. People that are incarcerated for drugs and reoffend are normally the ones who get help so actually when they come out they should be clean and not addicted depending on the help and treatment that they receive. for anyone it can be had and it won be easy but it is possible Sunshine789
Recidivism is not a big deal in the type of crime that my term paper is over, mass shootings, that is because most offenders that are involved in a mass shooting are either face death charges or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Although recidivism is not a big part of the crime I am researching, it is a big deal in the criminal justice community and is one of the main reasons for mass incarceration. -LW456
The most recent study done on recidivism patterns began in 2005, on 400,000 people throughout 30 states. Something interesting about this study is that it can’t be compared to studies in the past, because now there are more states and prisoners being studied. This study tracked ex inmates for 9 years, from 2005 to 2014 after they were released. I found it interesting that they chose states for the study based on how well they kept up on prisoner records, and not by crime rates or anything else. One statistic that really stood out to me was the fact that three in four former prisoners from the 30 states were arrested within a five year time frame from being released. This is a whopping 75% recidivism rate for a five year span. To sit here and say that number needs to go down dramatically is obvious. This is all easier said than done. I think the recidivism rate can very well be decreased throughout the years by creating more programs for inmates to acquire jobs as soon as they come out. I think a lot of times people come out of jail with very little money so they turn to the streets to try to get financially stable. -CRJB123
I agree with you when you say people come out of jail with little to no money so yes they do turn to the streets and end up re-offending because they are just trying to survive and how can they do that when it is harder for someone just getting out of jail to get a job. Steeler789
My paper topic revolves around school shootings and for that subject I went under the tab of violent to try and locate information. Only seeing homicide rates and information I decided to stick with this as my research point for the United States as a whole. The homicide rates involving a firearm has dropped by 49 percent from 1992 through 2011 which is a very drastic change considering how that is not the largest time gap seen in some statistics. The piece of information that goes in line with that fact is that the number of victims killed by those firearms had stated stable between that gap in time. The article I clicked on also showed similar stats I have seen on other sites that males between 18 years old and 24 years old were the highest to likely be involved, or were involved in the homicide, whether that be the victim or the offender. Seeing nationwide that crime has been dropping can also be seen across the board among homicide deaths.- Blues123
However, look at there has been more victims even though the percentage as a whole dealing with homicides (involving a firearm) has dropped. I do however agree that the statistics showing a huge decrease in homicides involving firearms have gone down is an amazing discovery. Also, the main reasons to why that age group of 18-24 year old adults were the highest likely to be involved has been shown for top 4 reasons: Boredom, Social Media Incidents, Family Issues, and Bullying. Which is sad. Overall, I enjoyed you comment. Truffles123
Looking at the recidivism rates for sexual and rape offenders, it is shown that sexual and rape offenders are less likely than other released prisoners with different charges to be arrested but were more likely to be arrested again for the same charge. This is something that I would like to look into deeper due the deterrence factors it seems that we lack in the sentencing of offenders with sex crimes. The bureau of justice statistics offers many different statistics and it makes it easier for citizens to measure the deterrence factors and other factors that go into recidivism. I also looked into the stat below, the Bureau of justice stated that half of released sex offenders had a separate charge that led to a conviction. Meaning that, it shows that about half of committed sex offenders will re offend no matter what, this also shows that this can raise the recidivism rates really high within sex offender crimes. I can see this being reasonably explained due to the lack of jobs that a registered sex offender can actually apply for. This would then cause them to be out of a job and leave that door open for them to re offend.-as123
That doesn't surprise me, that those who are arrested for sexual crimes will be rearrested again for the same crime. I think that it is hard for those commit sex crimes to not re offend. I think with proper treatment, they could be able to function in today’s society without re offending. Illinigurl456
I found this article to be very interesting. I learned a lot that I could possibly use in my research paper. One thing that I learned is that, ICE is to prevent acts of terrorism by targeting the people, money, and materials that support terrorist and criminal activities. I found this extremely useful, and also it’s something that I had not known about ICE before. I also learned that More than 90% of academies included training on domestic violence (an average of 13 hours per recruit), mental illness (10 hours), and sexual assault (6 hours). More than 80% provided training on domestic preparedness and terrorism (9 hours), crimes against children (6 hours), victim response (5 hours), and gangs (4 hours). I like that this article provided the number of hours they spend training in each topic. What I finally learned is that, In 2013, 95% of academies (which trained 95% of recruits) provided basic training on terrorism-related topics, an increase from 2006 (90%). A majority of recruits received training on the National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (78%); understanding the nature of terrorism (69%); response to weapons of mass destruction (68%); relevant federal, state, and local agencies (60%); disaster response and recovery (56%); and intelligence gathering (53%). I liked that they broke this down into sections and percentages. –kahffcj456
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is furthermore another mind boggling device to use for my exploration venture. The Bureau of Justice Statistics accumulates criminal history data from the FBI and state record documents to inspect recidivism instances of various miscreants, recollecting individuals for probation or discharged from prison. The subject of my examination paper is police severity, and notwithstanding the way that I didn't by and large watch any information concerning police heartlessness there is a huge amount of data with respect to ruthless infringement, murder, attack and some more. A normal 11% of the 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states during 2005 were caught in any occasion once in another state inside 5 years following release. The likelihood that prisoners were caught out of state following release extended with the number of out-of-state catches in their criminal history. Inside their first year of release, a normal 43% of prisoners were caught for another bad behavior either inside the condition of release or in another state. Folks had higher out-of-state recidivism rates than females. Inside 1 year of release in 2005, 3% of folks and 2% of females had an out-of-state catch. Five years after release, 11% of folks and 9% of females had an out-of-state catch. - Smiley123
I am glad you found the Bureau of Justice helpful. I found shocking when I saw 11% of prisoners were released in 30 states and cought to EXTEND them! This is clear prove the criminal justice system is shattered and clearly not working and doing any favors for the prisoners. Those prisoners aren't all bad people, some of them just happen to do bad actions.
Article: Recidivism of Offenders Placed on Federal Community Supervision from 2005 to 2010 ...
First, I believe it's important to understand what recidivism means and does. Recidivism is a term that defines relapse into the same behavior, for this instance put down in prison.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 3 in 10 federal prisoners are released with supervision and later on returned within 5 years. As for the state prisoners, 6 in 10 returned within those 5 years.
Also, Law Enforcement was responsible for the recidivism of 76% of arrests on prior prisoners.
These prisoners accumulated for 80% of males too.
Re incarceration is a huge problem in America, but also worldwide. America has the highest incarceration rates higher than any other country, while other countries are decreasing the rate of incarcerations with different practices. There are various reasons for these re incarcerations, but we should also help them because if we were in their spot, I am sure we all would ask for help too. Although, according to the article, 32% of federal prisoners returned less often than state prisoners. Why are federal prisoners less prone to incarceration than the state? I wonder.
One thing to take notice 43,000 inmates were under supervision in the year of 2005, imagine now.
My term paper group has been assigned the topic of mass shootings. As we all know, mass shootings have become more prevalent in recent years. For our paper we will also be covering the heartbreaking topic of school shootings. Upon opening the Bureau of Justice Statistic’s website, I was met with a well-organized assortment of various collections of data. This data ranged from human trafficking and sexual assault, to topics such as violent crime. In fact, on the left side of the page, there is a column listing various topics, one of which being “violent crime”. After clicking the “violent crime” tab, it will send you to a page of various studies and collections of crime statistics from across the country. They are all placed in chronological order starting with most recent studies which gives me access to the newest data. A study on mass shootings from the 90’s is going to look far more different than a study done in 2018. As I was scrolling down the studies for violent crimes, I found one that was done on hate crimes. While I haven’t read it yet, I look forward to. Not too long ago there was a shooting at a predominately African American church. It will be interesting to read up on what sparks these tragedies as well as learning just how prevalent they are. This ties into my second topic of Terrorism. This has also become a more prevalent issue not just in the U.S., but around the world. A few years back there were the Paris bombings as well as the London Bridge stabbing. Thanks to the well-organized site, I was able to find a plethora of data and statistics for the topic of terrorism. Something that I found very interesting was that mass shootings can fall under terrorism as well as their own topic. From what I’ve discerned, it all comes down to motive. Though, I must admit I don’t fully understand, I am eager to learn more on the topic. The last thing that I found intriguing was a pdf on local police departments and their actions towards combating terrorism. Nacho 123, 456
To recidivate would imply that the previous offenders got help or treatment to try and prevent them from returning to criminal activities. In the year of 2005 about 43,000 offenders were on federal community supervision. Before even being placed on supervision the offenders were arrested around 210,000. That would mean that 1 offender was arrested at least 4 times before being placed on federal supervision. Only a year later 1 in 5 of those placed on supervision would recidivate and be arrested again at least once. That number would eventually creep up as the years go on. Within 5 years 43% of offenders would recidivate and be arrested again at least once. However the other 57% did not get arrested again which makes me wonder if they are getting enough help. Are certain people in situations they are unable to leave such as living in bad neighborhoods. Or are some offenders just too stuck in their ways and unwilling to change for the betterment of society. There are so many factors to take into consideration that locking down a specific answer is incredibly challenging. Slim789
What is recidivism? Recidivism is where a person who is incarcerated received prior help or rehabilitation and end up reincarcerated for the same offense. This normally happens within the first 9 years of being released but can happen sooner. About 40 percent within the first year and the rest within the nine years. When they get the rehabilitation this allows and makes the person who was incarcerated ready to enter back into society. This website has a lot of different statistics and will help just about anyone in their term papers. The offenders with drug and property crimes are the most common to reoffend. This is interesting becauseI would assume people that have/had committed a violent crime would be the ones to reoffend because I believe that they had a reason to do it in the first place. So what makes them not reoffend? sunshine 789
The ones with drug and property crimes are most likely to re-offend because it is easier for them so sell drugs or to rob a house. I feel like most people that commit violent crimes are not trying to hurt people and that is not their main goal. Drug dealers and robbers do these crimes to make quick cash. -wb123
The definition of recidivism is the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend after they have taken rehabilitation classes or any type of class to be reintegrated into society once they are released from prison. These people who are criminals but go back to crime after getting out are called recidivists. Many of these people who go through all these classes or a rehabilitation service go back to reoffending as soon as they are out. It makes me wonder if they go through all this trouble to make it seem like they are changing but just do it so they can get out and go back to their life of crime. Many of them after they are caught again get even longer sentences due to them being caught again after being reintegrated back into society. Because they have previous crimes done they get more time in prison because of this. It also makes me wonder that some of these people are just so focused on their previous life before prison, that they have really what seems no choice but to go back to that life due to where they live, who they hang out with or what they do on a day to day basis.-Cubs789
I agree in that a person's upbringing and lifestyle growing up has a major effect in how they will contribute to the society they are living in or associated with. If a person who grows up in a suburb that is more prone to violence, then perhaps the PTSD or sheer abuse will eventually tend to make them more violent or defensive. _HUBRIS456
My paper topic revolves around mass shootings and for that subject I went under the tab of violent to try and locate information. Only seeing homicide rates and information I decided to stick with this as my research point for the United States as a whole. The homicide rates involving a firearm has dropped by 49 percent from 1992 through 2011 which is a very drastic change considering how that is not the largest time gap seen in some statistics. The piece of information that goes in line with that fact is that the number of victims killed by those firearms had stated stable between that gap in time. The article I clicked on also showed similar stats I have seen on other sites that males between 18 years old and 24 years old were the highest to likely be involved, or were involved in the homicide, whether that be the victim or the offender. Seeing nationwide that crime has been dropping can also be seen across the board among homicide deaths state by state. Another tab that may have viable information to include in my paper would be the topic of domestic terrorism which the act of a mass shooting would definitely fall in line with that overview topic. I will be using the domestic terrorism when explaining the prevalence and recent increase of these massacres. -Blues456
I am writing a paper about Human Trafficking, a subject that I had the opportunity to study a year ago. Human Trafficking occurs when a person is forced into labor or commercial sex acts through force, fraud, and or coercion. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) was created to help those who are victims not be prosecuted for the sexual acts that men, women, or children are forced to complete day in and day out. If a child is under the age of 18, and forced to perform commercial sex acts, is considered being a victim of human trafficking, whether that child is forced, fraud, or coercion had occurred. The Department of Justice has helped fund and create the Human Trafficking Reporting System. This program has helped provide legit data on human trafficking incidents. This data is then sent out to federally funded task force agents who work the incidents. An incident is any claim of human trafficking that is reported. And it can also mean an investigation into crimes or elements of any potential human trafficking that can be identified. I look forward to diving deeper into the subject Human Trafficking this semester. Illinigurl456
I think Human Trafficking is a great and interesting topic to write about! I think it is very interesting and awesome that The Department of Justice has helped fund and create a Human Trafficking Reporting System. I do not think people realize how often Human Trafficking occurs. -softball456
I’m taking Dr. White’s Human Trafficking class online and it is both interesting and heartbreaking. Trafficking, both sex and labor, is extremely relevant today and is making traffickers billions of dollars every year. It’s honestly disgusting.
I've read dozens of articles online about human trafficking and it is very helpful that agencies around the world have setup anti systems that help against these groups. It definitely isn't something a lot of people think or care about. -Moon#456
Recidivism is when a person goes to prison or jail and when they are released they commit another crime and are put back behind bars. Recidivism rates are high simply because the system is a never ending cycle and when people get out they often go back to where they first got in trouble and they commit another crime to make money. It is hard for convicts to get jobs with a felony on their record so they think the easiest way to make money is to do it illegally. A study done says that eleven percent of those released are rearrested in another state within 5 years. Most prisons and jails don’t do a very good job of preparing these inmates for life outside the fence. They instead are just another number there to serve time and they don’t care about what they will do on the outside. These inmates that get out do the only thing they know how to do to make money which is usually stealing or selling drugs. There are some classes implemented in prisons and jails to help these inmates find homes or jobs once they are out but, when an inmate gets out sometimes they have nothing. They get out and don’t have money, family, or a car so it is hard for them to find a job. So they go back to their neighborhood and hang out with the same crowd and start doing the things that got them in trouble in the first place. This website chose the states that best keep track of their records in order to get the best statistics. I find the topic of recidivism very interesting and seeing different ways that states are going about it to help these inmates outside of being incarcerated. -wb123
I agree with the prisons and jails not doing a good enough job to reintroduce inmates to life outside again. They should do the best they can to help the criminals realize their mistakes and help them not do it again. I wish businesses would give felons a better shot of fixing their lives by giving them jobs, because in most cases they do not and the felon just ends up in jail again.-Bears123
I agree with what you have to say. It is important that our main focus is to rehabilitate offenders and prepare them for life outside. There definitely needs to be more programs out there to help inmates get on their feet and a decent job to help them provide for themselves and for their family. Brianna123
I agree with what you said about how those who get out will just go back to the people they hung out with before they were arrested. It does not help them at all to go back to old habits. I just wish there were better ways to help those get back into the community and to not recidivate as much. -wags123
Recidivism could not only be used to track repeat criminal offenders, but people with a track record of disturbing who are diagnosed as the criminally insane. If repeat offenders can be caught through recidivism through the studies of their behaviors and same action taken when placed outside of the joint, the criminally insane can be studied, reviewed, and thoroughly rehabilitated or permanently detained and/or incarcerated. The criminally insane have no control over their emotional or behavioral patterns most of the time, so they must be close watched so as to prevent crime. However, the repeat offenders who actively and subconsciously have a choice should receive harsher punishment at the reprieve of the local and state governments. _HUBRIS456
So Recidivism is when someone who was previously released from prison or jail commits another crime to go inevitably go back to prison or jail. The current system is not the best on keeping people out of prison, because when they are released they tend to go right back to where they were before being arrested. Since being a felon does not look good to corporations and other businesses it often makes it difficult to get a good job and stay out of trouble. For sex offenders their rate of going back to prison for crimes is among the lowest, but it is still the highest when it comes to crimes related to rape and sexual assault. Around 67 percent of sex offenders are arrested for any crime, which is lower than 84 percent for other types of criminals. In 1994, around 5 percent of sex offenders were rearrested for another sexual assault case within three years of being released. The data also states that in the period of 2005-2014, 5 out of 6 prisoners were arrested within nine years of their release. With these stats I believe the system that is being used needs to be changed somehow to drop these numbers and actually help prisoners realize their faults to have as few people go back to jail as they can. -Bears123
I agree that we need to work on recidivism rates. It should not be as high as it is, but it is so we need to work on getting it lower. People should have to say they are a previous felon, but there should not be hiring discrimination because of it.-Legion123
I am writing a paper on domestic violence and this website is very useful to find statistics of domestic violence. Domestic Violence is any incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of their gender or sexuality. The Bureau of Justice Statistics holds statistics of recidivism, which is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been trained to extinguish that behavior. It is also used to refer to the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense. So if people were in prison for domestic violence and they get out of prison, they are going to go back to what they were doing because they didn’t get any mental or behavior help that will stop then from commiting a domestic violence crime. Using this website, I look up all the different statistics of every domestic violence. Softball456
I remember the discussions had in Intro to Criminal Justice about recidivism and how it is difficult to actually get accurate numbers due to the fact that recidivism does not have the best definition. Without proper re-entry methods, the recidivism rate will continue to be high and grow. If offenders are given a chance to move past their crimes and “start over” recidivism would not be a large problem. -Gamma456
Recidivism is a person who is released from jail or prison and commits either the same crime or another crime that lands them back into jail or prison. This is important to look at because you want to know if the offender is committing the same crime or different crimes. The whole point of the Justice System is to punish for crimes committed and to rehabilitate offenders from continuing a life of crime. 5 out of 6 state prisoners were arrested within 9 years of their release. Another statistic also said that 11 percent of prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested in another state within 5 years. Either way it is clear that recidivism is a problem and in order to fix it we must put our focus on rehabilitating these offenders. One of the biggest reason a person lands back in jail or prison is because it is hard for them to find a legal job to hire them with their criminal record. This results them to a life of crime for survival needs. This website if very helpful looking up many various topics and giving recent statistics. Brianna123
Recidivism is when inmates reoffend and go back to prison or jail for either the same or a different reason. I looked up on the website sex offender recidivism. The study followed up with released inmates from thirty states. Within nine years of release in 2005 rape and sexual assault offenders were less likely than other offenders to be arrested, but were more likely to be arrested for rape or sexual assault. Released sex offenders were three times more likely to arrested for rape or sexual assault than other offenders released from prison. Half of released sex offenders had a subsequent that led to a conviction. Released sex offenders accounted for five percent of releases in 2005 and sixteen percent of arrests for rape or sexual assault during the nine year follow up. The graph that they provide in the summary shows that as the years from release gets farther away from their initial release date their chances of reoffending goes down. About three in ten released sex offenders were rearrested for any crime during the first year of being released. About one in five or twenty percent were rearrested for a crime in the fifth year of being released.
The Bureau of Justice Statistics is an awesome tool to use for the term paper because it has many different resources throughout the whole website. The term paper my group and I are doing is about Domestic Violence. This website can help because it talks about recidivism specifically in this section of the site. Recidivism can be related to domestic violence because people who are charged with domestic violence may have a recurrence of that behavior which has led them to reoffend. The patterns for recidivism are different for each category of a crime so domestic violence could have higher risks of re offenders or lower risks of re offenders. On this webpage there are a lot of subunits to help you get around and explain things about that topic. For example, there is a Victims page you can click on and under it are subunits you can choose from. For my term paper about domestic violence the victim tab would be a helpful tab because in that situation the spouse can be the victim. Overall, this website can be very helpful to use with different parts of my term paper. -HL456
I already have had an idea about recidivism rates but I do like this website because it gave me more information about the topic. I also feel like this website could be useful for my research paper for corruption after noticing the other aspects/topics of this website. This could be useful showing the affects of people when caught in the cross fires of corruption because of it innocent people may go to jail. I know that recidivism is a big problem for many offenders and it is hard for many not to due to lack of acclimation back into the real world and lack of a support system. I found on the website that 5 out of 6 state prisoners were arrested within 9 years of their release, this just goes to show how much this is a problem for a lot of people coming out of prison. I feel that it is hard from those offenders not to offend again due to going right back to the people they hung around before they were arrested, it would definitely help those who get out of prison move or try to not go back to those people but the data supports this and they recidivate. -wags123
I find it very disappointing that male sex offenders in the year 2005 end up being re-convicted within the first three years of being out of prison for similar or even worse sexual assault or offending crimes. Prison need to find a way to help these men with their "temptations" and mental health to be able to not becoming re-offenders when they get released from prison and even jails. Truffles123
Within the first year of being released 43% of prisoners were arrested for a new crime and 10% were arrested for a violent crime. Within 5 years of being released 77% of the prisoners were arrested for new crimes. Those who were granted unconditional release had a lower rearrests rate than the people who were placed on parole, probation or some other form of supervision. The more the years go by the number of released prisoners begins to diminish and after 9 years only 25% of the released prisoners stayed released the rest were arresting and serving time. After 9 years the prisoners that were originally arrested for rape or sexual assault in the first year almost 30% of them reoffended and by the 9th year all of the released prisoners that were left a little over 15% of them were rearrested. Half of the released sex offenders had a less severe crime that led to a conviction. 3 out of 10 of the released prisoners in their first year were rearrested for their crimes. In 2005 sex offenders were 5% of the state prisoners that were released and 16% of arrests were for rape or sexual assault during the 9 year follow up period that they were looking at. I think that all of these people could be studied while they are back in prison to see as to why they committed another crime I think it would be interesting to see. -Cookie456
What I got from the recidivism is the offenders tend to go back after being released from jail or prison, the date is high because the offenders tend to commit crimes the will put them back where they started. The data that I saw was collected for 9 years after a felon was released and it shows the progress of felons on a 9 year stretch.The 401,288 state prisoners released in 2005 had 1,994,000 arrests during the 9-year period, an average of 5 arrests per released prisoner. Sixty percent of these arrests occurred during years 4 through 9.An estimated 68% of released prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years.Eighty-two percent of prisoners arrested during the 9-year period were arrested within the first 3 years.Almost half (47%) of prisoners who did not have an arrest within 3 years of release were arrested during years 4 through 9.Forty-four percent of released prisoners were arrested during the first year following release, while 24% were arrested during year-9. The numbers are really high 83% get arrested within the 9 years of their initial release that's almost all of them. What I believe this report says is that almost all felons get arrested before their 9 year release mark. Checo123
In the category of "Use of Force" I found some very good information that would help my paper on police brutality. One of the three key points I found was the ARD program. ARD stands for the Arrest-Related Death program. It is the census information released to the public on all deaths that have occured while in custody or while in the process of being in custody. The second point I am going to use is the information I found in “Police Behavior during traffic and street stops in 2011”. In this article the information read, “Relatively more black drivers (13%) than white (10%) and Hispanic (10%) drivers were pulled over in a traffic stop during their most recent contact with police. There were no statistical differences in the race or Hispanic origin of persons involved in street stops.” And finally the third and final point I found of interest and the point that I plan on using to benefit my paper is, the pilot study of the ARD program. In this study the circumstances of each death as well as the officers actions are studied in order to deem the use of force and whether it was acceptable for the situation or not. -Moon#456
Out of all the articles I found this one the most helpful I found articles about the use of force which ties directly with my topic of police brutality. The first piece of information that I found interesting was that “From 2003 through 2009, BJS obtained reports on 4,813 such deaths through its Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program. About 3 in 5 of these deaths (2,931) were classified as homicides by law enforcement personnel.” Which is more than half and scary to think about. IT also goes into how most of the time it was the fault of law enforcement it was a violent offender being arrested. The next piece of information I found to be interesting is that “About 1% of drivers pulled over in traffic stops had physical force used against them by police. Of these drivers, 55% believed the police behaved properly during the stop.” Now one percent isn’t a lot but what is it one percent of? If it’s one percent of 100,000 that’s 1000 people. I feel that just using percentages and leaving out the total numbers can be misleading. The last thing I found is that “Whites (23%) were more likely than blacks (20%) or Hispanics (17%) to have contact with police.” Is this because of police brutality becoming nationwide news and the trust between police and minorities is lower than it has been? sun456
To begin, The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics is a federal government agency belonging to the U.S. Department of Justice and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. Established on 27 December 1979, the bureau collects, analyzes and publishes data relating to crime in the United States.In 1998, 63% of all federal arrests were of U.S. citizens; in 2018, 64% of all federal arrests were of non-U.S. citizens. accounted for 15% of all federal arrests and 15% of prosecutions in U.S. district court for non-immigration crimes in 2018.The portion of total federal arrests that took place in the five judicial districts along the U.S.-Mexico border almost doubled from 1998 (33%) to 2018 (65%).Ninety-five percent of the increase in federal arrests across 20 years was due to immigration offenses.In 2018, 90% of suspects arrested for federal immigration crimes were male; 10% were female. Minimum#025
I feel that recidivism is a growing issue instead of a shrinking one in the U.S. This is due to a long list of things in and out of the law enforcement community. The lack of reform groups/formal education systems in a correctional facility, lack of a better source of income for offenders, and several more things. A parole officer can not keep everyone from recidivating, it's pretty clear why as well. I can very easily see why someone would pick up hold habits such as selling drugs and robbing people because honestly it is a super quick way to make a lot of tax free money. And prison is a college for inmates. They learn from each other like how to do crimes better and what to do next so they don’t get caught. With that knowledge I’d use my newly given knowledge to my old occupation as well. If there were federally mandated systems that could teach leaving inmates job skills outside of prison that created more income than their previous “occupation” did like a truck driver, welder, ect. Jobs that not many people of the community would want but jobs that the society needs. Giving many new sources of income and a new attempt at a life that. BikeMaker123
First of recidivism is defined as the repetition of criminal behavior, but as Dr. White has explained you can only recidivate if you’ve had some sort of rehabilitation. Research has shown that out of 401,288 state prisoners an estimated 68% of those prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years. This webpage The Bureau of Justice Statistics would be a good tool to use if you want to look at specific statistics when you’re doing research. Recidivism rates are high simply because the system is a never ending cycle and when people get out they often go back to where they first got in trouble and they commit another crime.
To start, recidivism is the process of returning to the criminal justice institute that you were once held in. I believe that this is one of the main problems that we have within our communities in regards to criminal justice. The problem could be compared to a permanent mark on your record withholding you from achieving greater. In this article I found it interesting that sex offenders where less likely to offend again for any crime when compared to other released inmates. This makes me ponder that such a heinous crime leads to less recidivism. I am curious that the systems we have in place after these offenders finish there sentence are working in a good manner when compared to others. Another interesting statistic is that nearly 90% of prisoners end up committing another crime with 9 years of release. To get more in depth, most go back within year 4-9. This causes me to believe that going to prison almost has a fear factor effect. Where you are clean on the straight and narrow for a few years but eventually who you are with or around or maybe just yourself convinces you back into getting into trouble with the law again. CP3123
Sometimes I feel like prisoners are scared out in the real world. They may not know how to start over and a lot of jobs and other opportunities decline them because their background. I feel like they feel more comfortable in their jail cells than in the real world. Sad to say. -charmed123
Recidivism is a word that references when a person is released from prison and offends again or violates probation. We had just talked about this subject in another of my criminal justice classes. I think it's interesting. We talked specifically about recidivism in regards to juveniles. Juveniles are even more likely to reoffend. How as people get older they do get less likely to reoffend this is called the aging out process. The idea is as people get older they mature and the idea of crime is not worth committing over the risk. It has been proven that people who are put in prison and released with no backup plan or skills are very likely to be back in prison. This is why if we teach people in prison a skill or give them a class they may have a reason to not default back to what they did to be put in prison or give them a little push back into society. We can't expect a person with no job who has been locked away for years to come out with lots of ways to make a reliable living and life plan. This is why we need to offer classes or teach a trade to these people while they are incarcerated. This will make their transition back into society easier for them and maybe lessen the likelihood of them reoffending. -11b123
Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced their time in prison or have been trained to extinguish that behavior. I like how they offer and give them another option to go out in the world and live a hopefully changed life. I feel like it is a great thing to show the community how people can change after going through their experience of those consequences if they do that violation or crime again. I do believe that many people may also realize that it may not work on everyone. It looks like their research sometimes often goes well for a couple years but then thereafter, they end up getting arrested again. Whether it's in another state or in the same state for the same offense that they did years ago. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the offenders often tend to go back to prison around five to nine years. Although, my topic is about police brutality which I did not find any information on this website I did see a lot of information that could relate to my topic. In their statistics I saw that the arrests are a lot higher to other races than white. -Charmed123
To begin recidivism is the process of an ex criminal reoffending after being offered the classes and sessions needed to stop their criminal behavior. Once these prisoners are released after serving their sentence, they have the opportunity to begin a normal, successful, civil life style, or go back to crime and eventually reoffend and become a recidivist. In a study on recidivism researchers found that eleven percent of prisoners released in thirty states were arrested in another state five years later. This goes to show that giving these inmates what they need to be successful does work most of the time. It also shows that there is no way to change certain people, and they will always find their way back to their past. In the past study the prisoners released from the thirty states were responsible for seventy-seven of the prisoners released from state prisons nationwide. This is just more proof to show that these numbers are accurate. Recidivism is certainly something to worry about, but what we as a nation are doing so far tends to work. It may not work as well as we want it to, but with more help and research I believe recidivism can be almost inexistent. -LW789
ReplyDeleteI agree that certain people are doomed to recidivate. This could be due to lack of support systems outside of prison walls. Once people get out, it is all about who they are surrounded by. They can steer clear of crime by making conscious choices to better their lives. However, if prisoners go back to their normal ways, they will likely recidivate, and soon. Family789
DeleteI also agree that some people either are unable too or are unwilling to change. Sometimes getting out of a bad neighborhood just is not enough to help people if they are going to different states and still reoffending. If what we do does help certain offenders we just have to work to make it better. Slim789
DeleteRehabilitation programs are great to offer to inmates trying to better themselves to rejoin society. But, the data shows that most inmates that are released recidivate within 3 years to six years. But, I don't believe it is the rehabilitation programs fault. It's all up to the offender to take what he has been given and the skills to use and actually apply them. Some people go back to their old ways and hang out with the same people. Or they go back to the same neighborhood and slowly fall back into the streets. But, you also have to look at if the jail or prison actually applies the rehabilitation process. Some jails don't have the funding to really instill the programs to help the inmates. And when they get out they have a record to where they can't find a decent job so in return they find side jobs to get that extra cash and end up getting busted again. If we can get the funding and notice the high rates of recidivism and change the way we see these inmates maybe we can apply more programs to help ensure that they stay on the right path. Pitbull#789
DeleteThe term paper my group has been assigned deals with mass shootings and how they affect society and cause a sense of fear to all schools in the nation. There are many different locations on the Bureau of Justice Statistics website that have useful information for my term paper. For starters there is a link on the website to information on violent crimes. This is important and useful because it has the definition of a violent crime, which mass shootings would fall under. Along with the link of violent crime there is a subunit that goes along with violent crime labeled “Location” and under location there is an option for school. This is very helpful and useful for my term paper because many mass shootings happen in schools, and this part of the webpage has valued information on that topic. There are also two other subunits under violent crime labeled “Hate Crime,” and “Weapon Use” these two subunits will also be of use in my term paper. Hate crime can be a reason to cause a mass shooting due to the shooter disagreeing or not believing in the lifestyles of others. Weapon use is also an important point determining what kind pf firearms were used in a certain mass shooting. All in all, this website is a very helpful and credible source for my term paper. -LW456
ReplyDeleteI really enjoy the Bureau of Justice statistics website because it gives us students a chance to really look at different numbers and compare them. I think that hate crime is definitely a reason why there are alot of school shootings happening across the United States. School shooters may not believe in the lifestyles of others, which may cause them to harm others.
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I do believe and agree offering more jobs and trade skills can decrease the chances of an offender to reoffend. The more we look into jails and prisons that have treatment programs, we see that a lot of offenders will not reoffend. I think we could put more work and research to decrease recidivism, versus putting more work into putting offenders into jails and prisons.-as123
DeleteThe Bureau of Justice Statistics is also another great tool to use for my term paper. The topic of my term paper is police brutality, and even though I didn't really see any information regarding police brutality there is a lot of info regarding violent crimes, murder, rape and many more. According to NCVS victimization in 2014 violent victimization was 5,539,570 in 2014 and in 4 years that number increased by 1,475,945. In the reading it says that in 2008 About 5% of violent crime victims could determine that the offenders were gang members.About 4 out of 10 violent crime victims did not know whether or not the offenders were gang members. Males reported that the offenders were gang members at a somewhat higher rate than females.These are very interesting statistics because in police brutality police are often afraid of minorities because they are sometimes seen as a threat. According to the statistics hispanics and blacks arrest rate is much higher than whites.-Jas456
ReplyDeleteMy topic along with yours was not listed on these links but I believe that you did a great job at comparing other data to you topic of police brutality. Using topics such as violent victimization and gang members are agreeably helpful because using your own research you found that police are often afforded by people who are younger than those who are older. -tumble456
DeleteI truly appreciate the Bureau of Justice measurements site since it allows us, understudies, to truly take a gander at various numbers and think about them. My topic alongside yours was not recorded on these connections however I accept that you worked superbly at contrasting other information with your subject. - Smiley123
DeleteSimilarly to your issue finding statistics on police brutality, I was struggling to find information on stop-and-frisks. In my search I focused on racial biases and police misconduct, in which I found some sources you may also want to look at. There were articles, "Police Use Of Nonfatal Force, 2002-11", "Police Behavior During Traffic And Street Stops, 2011", and "Contacts Between Police And The Public, 2015". Although they don't deal with the specific actions of police misconduct, they offer statistics on treatment in regards to race, as well as how many reported lack of police professionalism or use of force. -Gatsby456
DeleteI think that was very interesting to see how you were able to correlate certain stats to fall in line with your topic. It is hard to find specific evidence sometimes very topics that may not be as researched despite being a very controversial issue. -Blues456
DeleteI genuinely welcome the Bureau of Justice estimations site since it permits us, understudies, to really look at different numbers and consider them. My theme close by yours was not recorded on these associations anyway I acknowledge that you worked amazingly at standing out other data from your subject. - Smiley456
DeleteThe bureau of Justice statistics is a great place to look at data for a lot of things with criminal justice and even if our topics are not in with them, they really all tie together. My topic was domestic violence and I know from doing research otherwise that there is a lot of recidivism in people who are in domestic situations. -Cookie456
DeleteIn looking for documents relating to stop-and-frisks, I have had to be a little more unique with my research. One article I found presented data on non-fatal force used against different races by police in years ranging from 2002-2011. They noted that 3.5% of blacks and 2.1% of hispanics experienced non-fatal force, while whites only reported 1.4%. I was interested in these reported biases because it reminded me of an excerpt from our textbook reporting NYPD’s abuse of stop-and-frisk, especially in non-white individuals. In a similar article questioning police behavior during traffic and street stops, it was once again reported that white individuals were much less likely to be ticketed or searched. While only 10% of whites and hispanics were pulled over, 13% of black drivers were stopped. Perhaps there has been a recent shift towards more representative police interaction, as a 2015 study regarding police and public contact states. In this report, 23% of white individuals reported having contact with the police, as opposed to 20% of blacks and 17% of hispanics. Although, I would be curious to compare these statistics to the proportions of the community each race represented, in order to decide if these statistics are truly less biased. -Gatsby456
ReplyDeleteLooking to compare the statistics sounds like a good idea. We need to work towards making contact with police fair and just for everyone. I wouldn’t doubt the legitimacy of the statistics of people experiencing non-fatal force because of how people of color can be treated by law enforcement. In order to rebuild the broken bonds with the communities affected by the issues with stop and frisk, we must be more careful about interacting with people of color and push to treat others fairly. _OUTATIME456
DeleteWhen a person recidivates, it is assumed that the person has been incarcerated for a prior offense and received adequate rehabilitation for the offense. After this chain of events has occurred, the person reoffends. Recidivists, or those who recidivate, typically do so within the first nine years of release from imprisonment. Within the first year of release, forty-four percent of prisoners were arrested for reoffending. Within nine years, this number rises to eighty-three percent. It is clear that many people will within the first decade of release, most prisoners will reoffend. This could be due to convicts serving long sentences and not being properly reintegrated into society. There are many factors to reintegration. Will a prisoner be able to find and hold a job? Will the prisoner be able to stay away from temptations and people who may cause them to reoffend? Will they be able to interact well with other people? These are just a few of the necessary questions that need to be asked when contemplating the reintegration of an inmate back into society. I feel as though some prisoners recidivate because they know no life other than that of a criminal. The point that needs to be made is that prison is not the end and that there is a life after prison for most people who are incarcerated. Family789
ReplyDeleteI agree wholeheartedly with your comment I feel as though we should as a society give offenders a chance by equipping them with skills that are necessary for working a legitimate job, put faith in them and let them see that there are other paths to take other than one of crime. -Edw123
DeleteReading this article on recidivism it states “ An estimated 11 percent of nearly 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested at least once in another state within five years of release, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The rate at which these prisoners were arrested in another state within five years varied by the state of release from 6 to 26 percent.” I think this shows that once ex-convicts leave the prison system that no one wants to help them readjust to the society they begin to enter which only turns prison into a revolving door for many people. Reading further I found that “29 percent of prisoners were arrested for a violent offense either within or outside the state of release, 26 percent of prisoners were arrested for a violent crime within the state of release and 3 percent were arrested for a violent crime outside the state of release.” This shows the dangers of letting ex-convicts go without helping them into their transition into society. Some convicts may go in their first time on a nonviolent offense and then come out only to commit a much more violent crime but I think this could be prevented if we have better programs for ex-convicts to give them life skills and opportunities to help them renter society successfully.-Edw123
ReplyDeleteMy term paper is on the mass incarceration of women, so recidivism is a big deal in this topic. With the number of women being incarcerated continuously increasing the topic of recidivism is also a big issue with women. With the information this site gives on recidivism and other topics will be a big help for my term paper this semester. -LW789
DeleteI really enjoy the topic of recidivism because of how much evidence there is to prove where we are failing our country. With the rates for recidivism so high we can see we obviously need to try and focus on reintegration into the communities. -Blues123
DeleteThe bureau of justice has a ton of information but the link to “criminal justice data improvement” I found helpful to my term paper which is on the topic “stop and frisk.” I believe this link could be helpful because since this site is improving the records of crime, since stop and frisk is a crime I think that once the state finds a way to document it, the rates will decrease. Another topic I found to be useful for my term paper is “body worn cameras in law enforcement” this is extremely helpful when referring to stop and frisk because then there will be proof of the crime being committed because it'll be right on camera. The courts or police department will be able to see why the suspect was stopped and why the police decided to search them and if it was necessary. The last helpful like I came across was “contacts between police and the pubic” this seems helpful because it is proving that the contact between the police and the public has decreased from 2015 by millions could also mean that stop and frisk is also decreasing. Also the police using force or threats has decreased causing the community to have a better outlook on their local police. -tumble456
ReplyDeleteWhat I didn’t know before reading this article, is that ICE is used to prevent acts of terrorism. Also what I didn’t know is that agencies will spend a certain number of hours on each topic, and how to handle them. Also this article broke down is the percentage of each topic. Like time and money. –kahffcj456
DeleteMy groups term paper involves woman's mass incarceration. From the BJS statistics I have gathered that in general that men's percentages are still high compared to woman. My findings are based through the years of 2005 to 2014. In 2005 89% of males and 10% of woman were released back into society. Within the first year of release out of 100% of both genders combined 35% of that rearrest was woman. As I look over the data, the third and sixth year follow ups, reveal that the woman's rates are higher in percentage to recidivate. But, the annual percentage stating off with 45% male and 35% woman in the first year to ricidivate by year 9,2014, the percentages have leveled out to 24% men and 21% woman. This is still a high percentage for woman in general.I noticed that most of these high percentages are between the ages 18 to 24. And you also have to figure in the race. I have learned that woman's rates for arrests have been becomming more alarming. Especially in teen woman. But, most of the arrests are for petty low class crimes such as theft and drugs. The reason that I believe that woman are being arrested alot more is because of the gender equality rights. In the younger years the woman were not being accounted for their behavior until now. Also, teenagers are becoming more rebelious. Why would woman recidivate and go back to jail? Maybe, they are single mothers who think that in order to provide for the family and they don't have money, they have to steal. Or it could be how they are brought up or who they are around. In general though, arrests rates and crime are going down yes, but women are also most in the same percentage rates as men within a 10% difference. Pitbull#789
ReplyDeleteI find this information really interesting. The fact that it is mostly teen women interests me the most because I feel like that is different for men. Is it something to do with gender stereotypes or the way the body develops differently. I also find it really interesting that men and women are almost the same as recidivism. sun456
DeleteThe Bureau of Justice Statistics is additionally another incredible apparatus to use for my research project. The Bureau of Justice Statistics gathers criminal history information from the FBI and state record archives to examine recidivism examples of different wrongdoers, remembering people for probation or released from jail. The subject of my research paper is police brutality, and despite the fact that I didn't generally observe any data with respect to police ruthlessness there is a ton of information in regards to brutal violations, murder, assault and some more. An expected 11% of the 405,000 detainees discharged in 30 states during 2005 were captured in any event once in another state inside 5 years following discharge. The probability that detainees were captured out of state following discharge expanded with the number of out-of-state captures in their criminal history. Inside their first year of discharge, an expected 43% of detainees were captured for another wrongdoing either inside the state of discharge or in another state. Guys had higher out-of-state recidivism rates than females. Inside 1 year of discharge in 2005, 3% of guys and 2% of females had an out-of-state capture. Five years after discharge, 11% of guys and 9% of females had an out-of-state capture. -Smiley123
ReplyDeleteThe term recidivation refers to someone who reoffends after doing time after a previous crime. This can happen after doing time in jail or prison or after taking classes or going through rehab. This is a tough topic to tackle in the criminal justice system because of a number of factors. One of the biggest is reintegrating offenders back into the community. According to a press release made by the Department of Justice, five out of six state prisoners where arrested again under nine years of there release. Another interesting statistic is how 68% of released state prisoners under three years. Funny enough, offenders of drug and property crimes are more likely to be rearrested than violent offenders. Also, the released violent offenders are more likely to be arrested for another violent crime. All of these statistics boil down to a problem that we have been working to solve, how do we reduce or prevent recidivism. This is easier said then done for a number of reasons. Some people ask, can it be prevented at all, I personally believe the answer is no. We can never be able to fully understand how the human mind works but we can still work to reduce the rate. This will help in reintegration and maybe even boost community support for our justice system. -OUTATIME456
ReplyDeleteI think the people who committed drug and property crimes are more likely to re offend more than the violent offenders, because a lot of them go in not having much and could already be addicted to drugs. Once they come out they didn't get any help with their drug addictions and go right back to the streets. -CRJB123
DeleteYou know at this point I dont really know what I believe but I do agree and I do find it interesting that its not always the violent crimes offenders that reoffed. People that are incarcerated for drugs and reoffend are normally the ones who get help so actually when they come out they should be clean and not addicted depending on the help and treatment that they receive. for anyone it can be had and it won be easy but it is possible Sunshine789
DeleteRecidivism is not a big deal in the type of crime that my term paper is over, mass shootings, that is because most offenders that are involved in a mass shooting are either face death charges or life in prison without the possibility of parole. Although recidivism is not a big part of the crime I am researching, it is a big deal in the criminal justice community and is one of the main reasons for mass incarceration. -LW456
ReplyDeleteThe most recent study done on recidivism patterns began in 2005, on 400,000 people throughout 30 states. Something interesting about this study is that it can’t be compared to studies in the past, because now there are more states and prisoners being studied. This study tracked ex inmates for 9 years, from 2005 to 2014 after they were released. I found it interesting that they chose states for the study based on how well they kept up on prisoner records, and not by crime rates or anything else. One statistic that really stood out to me was the fact that three in four former prisoners from the 30 states were arrested within a five year time frame from being released. This is a whopping 75% recidivism rate for a five year span. To sit here and say that number needs to go down dramatically is obvious. This is all easier said than done. I think the recidivism rate can very well be decreased throughout the years by creating more programs for inmates to acquire jobs as soon as they come out. I think a lot of times people come out of jail with very little money so they turn to the streets to try to get financially stable. -CRJB123
ReplyDeleteI agree with you when you say people come out of jail with little to no money so yes they do turn to the streets and end up re-offending because they are just trying to survive and how can they do that when it is harder for someone just getting out of jail to get a job. Steeler789
DeleteMy paper topic revolves around school shootings and for that subject I went under the tab of violent to try and locate information. Only seeing homicide rates and information I decided to stick with this as my research point for the United States as a whole. The homicide rates involving a firearm has dropped by 49 percent from 1992 through 2011 which is a very drastic change considering how that is not the largest time gap seen in some statistics. The piece of information that goes in line with that fact is that the number of victims killed by those firearms had stated stable between that gap in time. The article I clicked on also showed similar stats I have seen on other sites that males between 18 years old and 24 years old were the highest to likely be involved, or were involved in the homicide, whether that be the victim or the offender. Seeing nationwide that crime has been dropping can also be seen across the board among homicide deaths.- Blues123
ReplyDeleteHowever, look at there has been more victims even though the percentage as a whole dealing with homicides (involving a firearm) has dropped. I do however agree that the statistics showing a huge decrease in homicides involving firearms have gone down is an amazing discovery. Also, the main reasons to why that age group of 18-24 year old adults were the highest likely to be involved has been shown for top 4 reasons: Boredom, Social Media Incidents, Family Issues, and Bullying. Which is sad.
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Looking at the recidivism rates for sexual and rape offenders, it is shown that sexual and rape offenders are less likely than other released prisoners with different charges to be arrested but were more likely to be arrested again for the same charge. This is something that I would like to look into deeper due the deterrence factors it seems that we lack in the sentencing of offenders with sex crimes. The bureau of justice statistics offers many different statistics and it makes it easier for citizens to measure the deterrence factors and other factors that go into recidivism. I also looked into the stat below, the Bureau of justice stated that half of released sex offenders had a separate charge that led to a conviction. Meaning that, it shows that about half of committed sex offenders will re offend no matter what, this also shows that this can raise the recidivism rates really high within sex offender crimes. I can see this being reasonably explained due to the lack of jobs that a registered sex offender can actually apply for. This would then cause them to be out of a job and leave that door open for them to re offend.-as123
ReplyDeleteThat doesn't surprise me, that those who are arrested for sexual crimes will be rearrested again for the same crime. I think that it is hard for those commit sex crimes to not re offend. I think with proper treatment, they could be able to function in today’s society without re offending. Illinigurl456
DeleteI found this article to be very interesting. I learned a lot that I could possibly use in my research paper. One thing that I learned is that, ICE is to prevent acts of terrorism by targeting the people, money, and materials that support terrorist and criminal activities. I found this extremely useful, and also it’s something that I had not known about ICE before. I also learned that More than 90% of academies included training on domestic violence (an average of 13 hours per recruit), mental illness (10 hours), and sexual assault (6 hours). More than 80% provided training on domestic preparedness and terrorism (9 hours), crimes against children (6 hours), victim response (5 hours), and gangs (4 hours). I like that this article provided the number of hours they spend training in each topic. What I finally learned is that, In 2013, 95% of academies (which trained 95% of recruits) provided basic training on terrorism-related topics, an increase from 2006 (90%). A majority of recruits received training on the National Incident Management System/Incident Command System (78%); understanding the nature of terrorism (69%); response to weapons of mass destruction (68%); relevant federal, state, and local agencies (60%); disaster response and recovery (56%); and intelligence gathering (53%). I liked that they broke this down into sections and percentages. –kahffcj456
ReplyDeleteThe Bureau of Justice Statistics is furthermore another mind boggling device to use for my exploration venture. The Bureau of Justice Statistics accumulates criminal history data from the FBI and state record documents to inspect recidivism instances of various miscreants, recollecting individuals for probation or discharged from prison. The subject of my examination paper is police severity, and notwithstanding the way that I didn't by and large watch any information concerning police heartlessness there is a huge amount of data with respect to ruthless infringement, murder, attack and some more. A normal 11% of the 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states during 2005 were caught in any occasion once in another state inside 5 years following release. The likelihood that prisoners were caught out of state following release extended with the number of out-of-state catches in their criminal history. Inside their first year of release, a normal 43% of prisoners were caught for another bad behavior either inside the condition of release or in another state. Folks had higher out-of-state recidivism rates than females. Inside 1 year of release in 2005, 3% of folks and 2% of females had an out-of-state catch. Five years after release, 11% of folks and 9% of females had an out-of-state catch. - Smiley123
ReplyDeleteI am glad you found the Bureau of Justice helpful. I found shocking when I saw 11% of prisoners were released in 30 states and cought to EXTEND them! This is clear prove the criminal justice system is shattered and clearly not working and doing any favors for the prisoners. Those prisoners aren't all bad people, some of them just happen to do bad actions.
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Article: Recidivism of Offenders Placed on Federal Community Supervision from 2005 to 2010 ...
ReplyDeleteFirst, I believe it's important to understand what recidivism means and does. Recidivism is a term that defines relapse into the same behavior, for this instance put down in prison.
According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 3 in 10 federal prisoners are released with supervision and later on returned within 5 years. As for the state prisoners, 6 in 10 returned within those 5 years.
Also, Law Enforcement was responsible for the recidivism of 76% of arrests on prior prisoners.
These prisoners accumulated for 80% of males too.
Re incarceration is a huge problem in America, but also worldwide. America has the highest incarceration rates higher than any other country, while other countries are decreasing the rate of incarcerations with different practices. There are various reasons for these re incarcerations, but we should also help them because if we were in their spot, I am sure we all would ask for help too. Although, according to the article, 32% of federal prisoners returned less often than state prisoners. Why are federal prisoners less prone to incarceration than the state? I wonder.
One thing to take notice 43,000 inmates were under supervision in the year of 2005, imagine now.
- Canelo123
My term paper group has been assigned the topic of mass shootings. As we all know, mass shootings have become more prevalent in recent years. For our paper we will also be covering the heartbreaking topic of school shootings. Upon opening the Bureau of Justice Statistic’s website, I was met with a well-organized assortment of various collections of data. This data ranged from human trafficking and sexual assault, to topics such as violent crime. In fact, on the left side of the page, there is a column listing various topics, one of which being “violent crime”. After clicking the “violent crime” tab, it will send you to a page of various studies and collections of crime statistics from across the country. They are all placed in chronological order starting with most recent studies which gives me access to the newest data. A study on mass shootings from the 90’s is going to look far more different than a study done in 2018. As I was scrolling down the studies for violent crimes, I found one that was done on hate crimes. While I haven’t read it yet, I look forward to. Not too long ago there was a shooting at a predominately African American church. It will be interesting to read up on what sparks these tragedies as well as learning just how prevalent they are. This ties into my second topic of Terrorism. This has also become a more prevalent issue not just in the U.S., but around the world. A few years back there were the Paris bombings as well as the London Bridge stabbing. Thanks to the well-organized site, I was able to find a plethora of data and statistics for the topic of terrorism. Something that I found very interesting was that mass shootings can fall under terrorism as well as their own topic. From what I’ve discerned, it all comes down to motive. Though, I must admit I don’t fully understand, I am eager to learn more on the topic. The last thing that I found intriguing was a pdf on local police departments and their actions towards combating terrorism. Nacho 123, 456
ReplyDeleteTo recidivate would imply that the previous offenders got help or treatment to try and prevent them from returning to criminal activities. In the year of 2005 about 43,000 offenders were on federal community supervision. Before even being placed on supervision the offenders were arrested around 210,000. That would mean that 1 offender was arrested at least 4 times before being placed on federal supervision. Only a year later 1 in 5 of those placed on supervision would recidivate and be arrested again at least once. That number would eventually creep up as the years go on. Within 5 years 43% of offenders would recidivate and be arrested again at least once. However the other 57% did not get arrested again which makes me wonder if they are getting enough help. Are certain people in situations they are unable to leave such as living in bad neighborhoods. Or are some offenders just too stuck in their ways and unwilling to change for the betterment of society. There are so many factors to take into consideration that locking down a specific answer is incredibly challenging. Slim789
ReplyDeleteWhat is recidivism? Recidivism is where a person who is incarcerated received prior help or rehabilitation and end up reincarcerated for the same offense. This normally happens within the first 9 years of being released but can happen sooner. About 40 percent within the first year and the rest within the nine years. When they get the rehabilitation this allows and makes the person who was incarcerated ready to enter back into society. This website has a lot of different statistics and will help just about anyone in their term papers. The offenders with drug and property crimes are the most common to reoffend. This is interesting becauseI would assume people that have/had committed a violent crime would be the ones to reoffend because I believe that they had a reason to do it in the first place. So what makes them not reoffend?
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The ones with drug and property crimes are most likely to re-offend because it is easier for them so sell drugs or to rob a house. I feel like most people that commit violent crimes are not trying to hurt people and that is not their main goal. Drug dealers and robbers do these crimes to make quick cash. -wb123
DeleteThe definition of recidivism is the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend after they have taken rehabilitation classes or any type of class to be reintegrated into society once they are released from prison. These people who are criminals but go back to crime after getting out are called recidivists. Many of these people who go through all these classes or a rehabilitation service go back to reoffending as soon as they are out. It makes me wonder if they go through all this trouble to make it seem like they are changing but just do it so they can get out and go back to their life of crime. Many of them after they are caught again get even longer sentences due to them being caught again after being reintegrated back into society. Because they have previous crimes done they get more time in prison because of this. It also makes me wonder that some of these people are just so focused on their previous life before prison, that they have really what seems no choice but to go back to that life due to where they live, who they hang out with or what they do on a day to day basis.-Cubs789
ReplyDeleteI agree in that a person's upbringing and lifestyle growing up has a major effect in how they will contribute to the society they are living in or associated with. If a person who grows up in a suburb that is more prone to violence, then perhaps the PTSD or sheer abuse will eventually tend to make them more violent or defensive.
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My paper topic revolves around mass shootings and for that subject I went under the tab of violent to try and locate information. Only seeing homicide rates and information I decided to stick with this as my research point for the United States as a whole. The homicide rates involving a firearm has dropped by 49 percent from 1992 through 2011 which is a very drastic change considering how that is not the largest time gap seen in some statistics. The piece of information that goes in line with that fact is that the number of victims killed by those firearms had stated stable between that gap in time. The article I clicked on also showed similar stats I have seen on other sites that males between 18 years old and 24 years old were the highest to likely be involved, or were involved in the homicide, whether that be the victim or the offender. Seeing nationwide that crime has been dropping can also be seen across the board among homicide deaths state by state. Another tab that may have viable information to include in my paper would be the topic of domestic terrorism which the act of a mass shooting would definitely fall in line with that overview topic. I will be using the domestic terrorism when explaining the prevalence and recent increase of these massacres. -Blues456
ReplyDeleteI am writing a paper about Human Trafficking, a subject that I had the opportunity to study a year ago. Human Trafficking occurs when a person is forced into labor or commercial sex acts through force, fraud, and or coercion. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) was created to help those who are victims not be prosecuted for the sexual acts that men, women, or children are forced to complete day in and day out. If a child is under the age of 18, and forced to perform commercial sex acts, is considered being a victim of human trafficking, whether that child is forced, fraud, or coercion had occurred. The Department of Justice has helped fund and create the Human Trafficking Reporting System. This program has helped provide legit data on human trafficking incidents. This data is then sent out to federally funded task force agents who work the incidents. An incident is any claim of human trafficking that is reported. And it can also mean an investigation into crimes or elements of any potential human trafficking that can be identified. I look forward to diving deeper into the subject Human Trafficking this semester. Illinigurl456
ReplyDeleteI think Human Trafficking is a great and interesting topic to write about! I think it is very interesting and awesome that The Department of Justice has helped fund and create a Human Trafficking Reporting System. I do not think people realize how often Human Trafficking occurs. -softball456
DeleteI’m taking Dr. White’s Human Trafficking class online and it is both interesting and heartbreaking. Trafficking, both sex and labor, is extremely relevant today and is making traffickers billions of dollars every year. It’s honestly disgusting.
DeleteI've read dozens of articles online about human trafficking and it is very helpful that agencies around the world have setup anti systems that help against these groups. It definitely isn't something a lot of people think or care about. -Moon#456
DeleteRecidivism is when a person goes to prison or jail and when they are released they commit another crime and are put back behind bars. Recidivism rates are high simply because the system is a never ending cycle and when people get out they often go back to where they first got in trouble and they commit another crime to make money. It is hard for convicts to get jobs with a felony on their record so they think the easiest way to make money is to do it illegally. A study done says that eleven percent of those released are rearrested in another state within 5 years. Most prisons and jails don’t do a very good job of preparing these inmates for life outside the fence. They instead are just another number there to serve time and they don’t care about what they will do on the outside. These inmates that get out do the only thing they know how to do to make money which is usually stealing or selling drugs. There are some classes implemented in prisons and jails to help these inmates find homes or jobs once they are out but, when an inmate gets out sometimes they have nothing. They get out and don’t have money, family, or a car so it is hard for them to find a job. So they go back to their neighborhood and hang out with the same crowd and start doing the things that got them in trouble in the first place. This website chose the states that best keep track of their records in order to get the best statistics. I find the topic of recidivism very interesting and seeing different ways that states are going about it to help these inmates outside of being incarcerated. -wb123
ReplyDeleteI agree with the prisons and jails not doing a good enough job to reintroduce inmates to life outside again. They should do the best they can to help the criminals realize their mistakes and help them not do it again. I wish businesses would give felons a better shot of fixing their lives by giving them jobs, because in most cases they do not and the felon just ends up in jail again.-Bears123
DeleteI agree with what you have to say. It is important that our main focus is to rehabilitate offenders and prepare them for life outside. There definitely needs to be more programs out there to help inmates get on their feet and a decent job to help them provide for themselves and for their family. Brianna123
DeleteI agree with what you said about how those who get out will just go back to the people they hung out with before they were arrested. It does not help them at all to go back to old habits. I just wish there were better ways to help those get back into the community and to not recidivate as much. -wags123
DeleteRecidivism could not only be used to track repeat criminal offenders, but people with a track record of disturbing who are diagnosed as the criminally insane. If repeat offenders can be caught through recidivism through the studies of their behaviors and same action taken when placed outside of the joint, the criminally insane can be studied, reviewed, and thoroughly rehabilitated or permanently detained and/or incarcerated. The criminally insane have no control over their emotional or behavioral patterns most of the time, so they must be close watched so as to prevent crime. However, the repeat offenders who actively and subconsciously have a choice should receive harsher punishment at the reprieve of the local and state governments.
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So Recidivism is when someone who was previously released from prison or jail commits another crime to go inevitably go back to prison or jail. The current system is not the best on keeping people out of prison, because when they are released they tend to go right back to where they were before being arrested. Since being a felon does not look good to corporations and other businesses it often makes it difficult to get a good job and stay out of trouble. For sex offenders their rate of going back to prison for crimes is among the lowest, but it is still the highest when it comes to crimes related to rape and sexual assault. Around 67 percent of sex offenders are arrested for any crime, which is lower than 84 percent for other types of criminals. In 1994, around 5 percent of sex offenders were rearrested for another sexual assault case within three years of being released. The data also states that in the period of 2005-2014, 5 out of 6 prisoners were arrested within nine years of their release. With these stats I believe the system that is being used needs to be changed somehow to drop these numbers and actually help prisoners realize their faults to have as few people go back to jail as they can. -Bears123
ReplyDeleteI agree that we need to work on recidivism rates. It should not be as high as it is, but it is so we need to work on getting it lower. People should have to say they are a previous felon, but there should not be hiring discrimination because of it.-Legion123
DeleteI am writing a paper on domestic violence and this website is very useful to find statistics of domestic violence. Domestic Violence is any incident of controlling, coercive or threatening behaviour, violence or abuse between those aged 16 or over who are or have been intimate partners or family members, regardless of their gender or sexuality. The Bureau of Justice Statistics holds statistics of recidivism, which is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been trained to extinguish that behavior. It is also used to refer to the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense. So if people were in prison for domestic violence and they get out of prison, they are going to go back to what they were doing because they didn’t get any mental or behavior help that will stop then from commiting a domestic violence crime. Using this website, I look up all the different statistics of every domestic violence. Softball456
ReplyDeleteI remember the discussions had in Intro to Criminal Justice about recidivism and how it is difficult to actually get accurate numbers due to the fact that recidivism does not have the best definition. Without proper re-entry methods, the recidivism rate will continue to be high and grow. If offenders are given a chance to move past their crimes and “start over” recidivism would not be a large problem. -Gamma456
ReplyDeleteRecidivism is a person who is released from jail or prison and commits either the same crime or another crime that lands them back into jail or prison. This is important to look at because you want to know if the offender is committing the same crime or different crimes. The whole point of the Justice System is to punish for crimes committed and to rehabilitate offenders from continuing a life of crime. 5 out of 6 state prisoners were arrested within 9 years of their release. Another statistic also said that 11 percent of prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested in another state within 5 years. Either way it is clear that recidivism is a problem and in order to fix it we must put our focus on rehabilitating these offenders. One of the biggest reason a person lands back in jail or prison is because it is hard for them to find a legal job to hire them with their criminal record. This results them to a life of crime for survival needs. This website if very helpful looking up many various topics and giving recent statistics. Brianna123
ReplyDeleteRecidivism is when inmates reoffend and go back to prison or jail for either the same or a different reason. I looked up on the website sex offender recidivism. The study followed up with released inmates from thirty states. Within nine years of release in 2005 rape and sexual assault offenders were less likely than other offenders to be arrested, but were more likely to be arrested for rape or sexual assault. Released sex offenders were three times more likely to arrested for rape or sexual assault than other offenders released from prison. Half of released sex offenders had a subsequent that led to a conviction. Released sex offenders accounted for five percent of releases in 2005 and sixteen percent of arrests for rape or sexual assault during the nine year follow up. The graph that they provide in the summary shows that as the years from release gets farther away from their initial release date their chances of reoffending goes down. About three in ten released sex offenders were rearrested for any crime during the first year of being released. About one in five or twenty percent were rearrested for a crime in the fifth year of being released.
ReplyDeleteThe Bureau of Justice Statistics is an awesome tool to use for the term paper because it has many different resources throughout the whole website. The term paper my group and I are doing is about Domestic Violence. This website can help because it talks about recidivism specifically in this section of the site. Recidivism can be related to domestic violence because people who are charged with domestic violence may have a recurrence of that behavior which has led them to reoffend. The patterns for recidivism are different for each category of a crime so domestic violence could have higher risks of re offenders or lower risks of re offenders. On this webpage there are a lot of subunits to help you get around and explain things about that topic. For example, there is a Victims page you can click on and under it are subunits you can choose from. For my term paper about domestic violence the victim tab would be a helpful tab because in that situation the spouse can be the victim. Overall, this website can be very helpful to use with different parts of my term paper. -HL456
ReplyDeleteI already have had an idea about recidivism rates but I do like this website because it gave me more information about the topic. I also feel like this website could be useful for my research paper for corruption after noticing the other aspects/topics of this website. This could be useful showing the affects of people when caught in the cross fires of corruption because of it innocent people may go to jail. I know that recidivism is a big problem for many offenders and it is hard for many not to due to lack of acclimation back into the real world and lack of a support system. I found on the website that 5 out of 6 state prisoners were arrested within 9 years of their release, this just goes to show how much this is a problem for a lot of people coming out of prison. I feel that it is hard from those offenders not to offend again due to going right back to the people they hung around before they were arrested, it would definitely help those who get out of prison move or try to not go back to those people but the data supports this and they recidivate. -wags123
ReplyDeleteI find it very disappointing that male sex offenders in the year 2005 end up being re-convicted within the first three years of being out of prison for similar or even worse sexual assault or offending crimes. Prison need to find a way to help these men with their "temptations" and mental health to be able to not becoming re-offenders when they get released from prison and even jails.
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Within the first year of being released 43% of prisoners were arrested for a new crime and 10% were arrested for a violent crime. Within 5 years of being released 77% of the prisoners were arrested for new crimes. Those who were granted unconditional release had a lower rearrests rate than the people who were placed on parole, probation or some other form of supervision. The more the years go by the number of released prisoners begins to diminish and after 9 years only 25% of the released prisoners stayed released the rest were arresting and serving time. After 9 years the prisoners that were originally arrested for rape or sexual assault in the first year almost 30% of them reoffended and by the 9th year all of the released prisoners that were left a little over 15% of them were rearrested. Half of the released sex offenders had a less severe crime that led to a conviction. 3 out of 10 of the released prisoners in their first year were rearrested for their crimes. In 2005 sex offenders were 5% of the state prisoners that were released and 16% of arrests were for rape or sexual assault during the 9 year follow up period that they were looking at. I think that all of these people could be studied while they are back in prison to see as to why they committed another crime I think it would be interesting to see. -Cookie456
ReplyDeleteWhat I got from the recidivism is the offenders tend to go back after being released from jail or prison, the date is high because the offenders tend to commit crimes the will put them back where they started. The data that I saw was collected for 9 years after a felon was released and it shows the progress of felons on a 9 year stretch.The 401,288 state prisoners released in 2005 had 1,994,000 arrests during the 9-year period, an average of 5 arrests per released prisoner. Sixty percent of these arrests occurred during years 4 through 9.An estimated 68% of released prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years.Eighty-two percent of prisoners arrested during the 9-year period were arrested within the first 3 years.Almost half (47%) of prisoners who did not have an arrest within 3 years of release were arrested during years 4 through 9.Forty-four percent of released prisoners were arrested during the first year following release, while 24% were arrested during year-9. The numbers are really high 83% get arrested within the 9 years of their initial release that's almost all of them. What I believe this report says is that almost all felons get arrested before their 9 year release mark. Checo123
ReplyDeleteIn the category of "Use of Force" I found some very good information that would help my paper on police brutality. One of the three key points I found was the ARD program. ARD stands for the Arrest-Related Death program. It is the census information released to the public on all deaths that have occured while in custody or while in the process of being in custody. The second point I am going to use is the information I found in “Police Behavior during traffic and street stops in 2011”. In this article the information read, “Relatively more black drivers (13%) than white (10%) and Hispanic (10%) drivers were pulled over in a traffic stop during their most recent contact with police. There were no statistical differences in the race or Hispanic origin of persons involved in street stops.” And finally the third and final point I found of interest and the point that I plan on using to benefit my paper is, the pilot study of the ARD program. In this study the circumstances of each death as well as the officers actions are studied in order to deem the use of force and whether it was acceptable for the situation or not.
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Out of all the articles I found this one the most helpful I found articles about the use of force which ties directly with my topic of police brutality. The first piece of information that I found interesting was that “From 2003 through 2009, BJS obtained reports on 4,813 such deaths through its Arrest-Related Deaths (ARD) program. About 3 in 5 of these deaths (2,931) were classified as homicides by law enforcement personnel.” Which is more than half and scary to think about. IT also goes into how most of the time it was the fault of law enforcement it was a violent offender being arrested. The next piece of information I found to be interesting is that “About 1% of drivers pulled over in traffic stops had physical force used against them by police. Of these drivers, 55% believed the police behaved properly during the stop.” Now one percent isn’t a lot but what is it one percent of? If it’s one percent of 100,000 that’s 1000 people. I feel that just using percentages and leaving out the total numbers can be misleading. The last thing I found is that “Whites (23%) were more likely than blacks (20%) or Hispanics (17%) to have contact with police.” Is this because of police brutality becoming nationwide news and the trust between police and minorities is lower than it has been? sun456
ReplyDeleteTo begin, The United States Bureau of Justice Statistics is a federal government agency belonging to the U.S. Department of Justice and a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System. Established on 27 December 1979, the bureau collects, analyzes and publishes data relating to crime in the United States.In 1998, 63% of all federal arrests were of U.S. citizens; in 2018, 64% of all federal arrests were of non-U.S. citizens. accounted for 15% of all federal arrests and 15% of prosecutions in U.S. district court for non-immigration crimes in 2018.The portion of total federal arrests that took place in the five judicial districts along the U.S.-Mexico border almost doubled from 1998 (33%) to 2018 (65%).Ninety-five percent of the increase in federal arrests across 20 years was due to immigration offenses.In 2018, 90% of suspects arrested for federal immigration crimes were male; 10% were female.
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I feel that recidivism is a growing issue instead of a shrinking one in the U.S. This is due to a long list of things in and out of the law enforcement community. The lack of reform groups/formal education systems in a correctional facility, lack of a better source of income for offenders, and several more things. A parole officer can not keep everyone from recidivating, it's pretty clear why as well. I can very easily see why someone would pick up hold habits such as selling drugs and robbing people because honestly it is a super quick way to make a lot of tax free money. And prison is a college for inmates. They learn from each other like how to do crimes better and what to do next so they don’t get caught. With that knowledge I’d use my newly given knowledge to my old occupation as well. If there were federally mandated systems that could teach leaving inmates job skills outside of prison that created more income than their previous “occupation” did like a truck driver, welder, ect. Jobs that not many people of the community would want but jobs that the society needs. Giving many new sources of income and a new attempt at a life that.
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First of recidivism is defined as the repetition of criminal behavior, but as Dr. White has explained you can only recidivate if you’ve had some sort of rehabilitation. Research has shown that out of 401,288 state prisoners an estimated 68% of those prisoners were arrested within 3 years, 79% within 6 years, and 83% within 9 years. This webpage The Bureau of Justice Statistics would be a good tool to use if you want to look at specific statistics when you’re doing research. Recidivism rates are high simply because the system is a never ending cycle and when people get out they often go back to where they first got in trouble and they commit another crime.
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DeleteTo start, recidivism is the process of returning to the criminal justice institute that you were once held in. I believe that this is one of the main problems that we have within our communities in regards to criminal justice. The problem could be compared to a permanent mark on your record withholding you from achieving greater. In this article I found it interesting that sex offenders where less likely to offend again for any crime when compared to other released inmates. This makes me ponder that such a heinous crime leads to less recidivism. I am curious that the systems we have in place after these offenders finish there sentence are working in a good manner when compared to others. Another interesting statistic is that nearly 90% of prisoners end up committing another crime with 9 years of release. To get more in depth, most go back within year 4-9. This causes me to believe that going to prison almost has a fear factor effect. Where you are clean on the straight and narrow for a few years but eventually who you are with or around or maybe just yourself convinces you back into getting into trouble with the law again. CP3123
ReplyDeleteSometimes I feel like prisoners are scared out in the real world. They may not know how to start over and a lot of jobs and other opportunities decline them because their background. I feel like they feel more comfortable in their jail cells than in the real world. Sad to say. -charmed123
DeleteRecidivism is a word that references when a person is released from prison and offends again or violates probation. We had just talked about this subject in another of my criminal justice classes. I think it's interesting. We talked specifically about recidivism in regards to juveniles. Juveniles are even more likely to reoffend. How as people get older they do get less likely to reoffend this is called the aging out process. The idea is as people get older they mature and the idea of crime is not worth committing over the risk. It has been proven that people who are put in prison and released with no backup plan or skills are very likely to be back in prison. This is why if we teach people in prison a skill or give them a class they may have a reason to not default back to what they did to be put in prison or give them a little push back into society. We can't expect a person with no job who has been locked away for years to come out with lots of ways to make a reliable living and life plan. This is why we need to offer classes or teach a trade to these people while they are incarcerated. This will make their transition back into society easier for them and maybe lessen the likelihood of them reoffending. -11b123
ReplyDeleteRecidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced their time in prison or have been trained to extinguish that behavior. I like how they offer and give them another option to go out in the world and live a hopefully changed life. I feel like it is a great thing to show the community how people can change after going through their experience of those consequences if they do that violation or crime again. I do believe that many people may also realize that it may not work on everyone. It looks like their research sometimes often goes well for a couple years but then thereafter, they end up getting arrested again. Whether it's in another state or in the same state for the same offense that they did years ago. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the offenders often tend to go back to prison around five to nine years. Although, my topic is about police brutality which I did not find any information on this website I did see a lot of information that could relate to my topic. In their statistics I saw that the arrests are a lot higher to other races than white. -Charmed123
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