March 1, 2006-A New Study Finds Community Education Centers Continues to Have Significant Impact on Offender Recidivism A new study describes how CEC programs utilize cutting-edge evidenced-based treatment to significantly reduce recidivism in high-risk offenders as they reenter society. This highly effective form of treatment called the Risk, Need, Responsivity (RNR) approach has consistently been found to reduce recidivism when properly implemented. The article also describes the latest recidivism figures for select CEC programs.
CEC’s outcomes were compared with the nation-wide outcomes from the most recent Bureau of Justice Research. Similar to previous CEC outcomes, the CEC group had significantly lower recidivism rates than the national sample. Re-incarceration rates at three years post release were approximately half the percentage of the national average. The outcome study’s results are reported in an article, “What Makes A Correctional Treatment Program Effective: Do the Risk, Need, and Responsivity Principles (RNR) Make a Difference in Reducing Recidivism?” that has been submitted for publication. Please click here to download a PDF of the article.
CEC’s programs garnered national attention in 2004, when an outcome study published in Corrections Compendium—a peer reviewed journal of the American Correctional Association—found a 30% reduction in the rate of recidivism at one-year post-incarceration for inmates participating in CEC programs. To view this study, please click here: Download PDF
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