OVERALL AND GENDERED EFFECTS OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION: A PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS

Miller, Amy

OVERALL AND GENDERED EFFECTS OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION: A PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS

dc.contributor.advisor	Hope, Trina
dc.contributor.author	Miller, Amy
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Sharp, Susan
dc.contributor.committeeMember	Schleifer, Cyrus
dc.date.accessioned	2017-05-08T20:10:20Z
dc.date.available	2017-05-08T20:10:20Z
dc.date.issued	2017-05-12
dc.date.manuscript	2017-05-08
dc.description.abstract	The number of people in the correctional population has skyrocketed in recent decades, with the majority being supervised within the community after release. The female correctional population, which has historically been small, has also increased in number. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the overall and gendered effects of post-release supervision. Using propensity score matching, I discover that post-release supervision is associated with a 4% to 4.5% reduction in recidivism, measured by both rearrest and reconviction. Men echo the overall trend while the numbers for women are much smaller and nonsignificant. Indeed, among supervised females we anticipate no significant reduction in recidivism measured by rearrest. With the amount of time, energy, and money spent on supervising offenders after release, future studies should further this research by conducting a cost benefit analysis and investigating the most effective types of supervision in reducing recidivism.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11244/50721
dc.language	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	post-release supervision	en_US
dc.subject	recidivism	en_US
dc.subject	propensity score matching	en_US
dc.thesis.degree	Master of Arts	en_US
dc.title	OVERALL AND GENDERED EFFECTS OF POST-RELEASE SUPERVISION: A PROPENSITY SCORE ANALYSIS	en_US
ou.group	College of Arts and Sciences::Department of Sociology	en_US