Monday, November 26, 2007

Recidivism of Supermax Prisoners in Washington State
Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 53, No. 4, 633-656 (2007)
http://cad.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/53/4/605
David Lovell, L. Clark Johnson, and Kevin C. Cain
"This study of recidivism among Washington supermax prisoners used a retrospective matched control design, matching supermax prisoners one-to-one with nonsupermax prisoners on mental illness status and up to eight recidivism predictors. Supermax prisoners committed new felonies at a higher rate than nonsupermax controls, but the difference was not statistically significant."
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