Duwe, Johnson, and king (2013) estimated the Benefits of a Faith-Based Correctional Program. In this study, Duwe and his team use Minnesota’s InnerChange program as the focus for faith-based programs. In this evaluation, a quasi-experimental design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of Minnesota’s InnerChange program on recidivism. To evaluate the effectiveness of the InnerChnage program, Duwe, Johnson, and King compared the recidivism outcomes of 366 InnerChange participants to 366 non-participants who were released from Minnesota’s prisons between August 2003 and December 2009 (Duwe et al. 2013, p.232). Duwe and his team used recidivism data from Minnesota’s Bureau of Criminal Apprehension and Correctional Operations Management System
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Duwe, Johnson, and King used four separate measures: re-arrest, re-conviction, re-incarceration for a new felony, and revocation for a technical violation, to evaluate the program’s impact on recidivism. In this analysis, Duwe and his team took into account factors that affected recidivism. The factors were criminal history, recidivism risk, religious affiliation, offense type, prison misconduct, participation in prison programming, and type of post-release supervision. Duwe, Johnson, and King used propensity score matching to see which inmates were most likely to join the InnerChange program. The propensity score evaluation showed that white offenders, younger offenders, Christian affiliated, drug offenders, and offenders serving longer sentences in prison were most likely to join the InnerChange program. Those less likely to join InnerChange were minority offenders and offenders who violate probation. Duwe, Johnson, and King used a Cox regression scale to see if the InnerChange program could lower the recidivism rate. The Cox regression showed that those who participated in InnerChange were less likely to recidivate (re-arrest, re-conviction, and new offense …show more content…
Action needs to be taken from the community level, prison rates are growing and because recidivism rates are high, it is an indicator that there is a breakdown of community values. The findings show, that on average re-offenders will recidivate within three years upon release or sooner. Most offenders will recidivate in such a short amount of time because they are labeled and stigmatized by the community. Because an offender is labeled and condemned by the community, they are unable to transition back into society. Stigmatizing an offender instead of the offender’s bad behavior or actions will only make the individual commit more crimes in society. Stigmatizing an offender for bad behavior, illustrates one form of shaming in reintegrative theory. If communities would practice reintegrative shaming, then offenders would not feel the urge to re-offend. They would not offend because they feel accepted by those in society. The reason’s offenders repeatedly commit similar offenses is because of the location of residence, lack of encouraging support, necessary monitoring, proper care, and the disappearance of motivation. Many individuals believe punishment is the answer when dealing with offenders, but as Zehr once said, “punishment is not necessarily an
Duwe, Johnson, and King used four separate measures: re-arrest, re-conviction, re-incarceration for a new felony, and revocation for a technical violation, to evaluate the program’s impact on recidivism. In this analysis, Duwe and his team took into account factors that affected recidivism. The factors were criminal history, recidivism risk, religious affiliation, offense type, prison misconduct, participation in prison programming, and type of post-release supervision. Duwe, Johnson, and King used propensity score matching to see which inmates were most likely to join the InnerChange program. The propensity score evaluation showed that white offenders, younger offenders, Christian affiliated, drug offenders, and offenders serving longer sentences in prison were most likely to join the InnerChange program. Those less likely to join InnerChange were minority offenders and offenders who violate probation. Duwe, Johnson, and King used a Cox regression scale to see if the InnerChange program could lower the recidivism rate. The Cox regression showed that those who participated in InnerChange were less likely to recidivate (re-arrest, re-conviction, and new offense …show more content…
Action needs to be taken from the community level, prison rates are growing and because recidivism rates are high, it is an indicator that there is a breakdown of community values. The findings show, that on average re-offenders will recidivate within three years upon release or sooner. Most offenders will recidivate in such a short amount of time because they are labeled and stigmatized by the community. Because an offender is labeled and condemned by the community, they are unable to transition back into society. Stigmatizing an offender instead of the offender’s bad behavior or actions will only make the individual commit more crimes in society. Stigmatizing an offender for bad behavior, illustrates one form of shaming in reintegrative theory. If communities would practice reintegrative shaming, then offenders would not feel the urge to re-offend. They would not offend because they feel accepted by those in society. The reason’s offenders repeatedly commit similar offenses is because of the location of residence, lack of encouraging support, necessary monitoring, proper care, and the disappearance of motivation. Many individuals believe punishment is the answer when dealing with offenders, but as Zehr once said, “punishment is not necessarily an