RACE, GENDER, AND RECIDIVISM: WHAT MATTERS?

Title:	RACE, GENDER, AND RECIDIVISM: WHAT MATTERS?
Author:	WEHRMAN, MICHAEL M.
Description:	This study looks at recidivism rates among a sample of inmates released during 1994. Because much research within criminal justice studies and sociology neglects the inclusion of women, I will construct recidivism rates for women as well as to men. In addition, gender groups will be separated into groups of blacks and whites. Event history analysis will be the method used to identify differences in both the average time it takes for those who recidivate within each group to do so. The research will also look at differences in the proportion of each group that recidivates during a three year observation window. Research that examines recidivism frequently studies what occurs within a prison, while inmates are serving their sentence. This study aims to see whether race/gender differences are minimized through such programs. If race and gender continue to have a similar effect on recidivism after controlling for these factors, then it is possible that the differences in recidivism are the result of situations that occur after release from prison. These differences, then, can possibly be attributed to the differences in post-release experiences of each group.
Permanent Link:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1114701592 http://hdl.handle.net/2374.OX/11077
Date:	2005

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