News - 2006
New Study Shows Community Education Centers Continues to Have Significant Impact on Offender Recidivism
Roseland, NJ, Mar 7, 2006 - Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) is pleased to announce a new outcome study shows that CEC residential treatment programs continue to have a significant impact on offender recidivism.
"The results from this most recent study reflect Community Education Centers' continued commitment to provide a seamless continuum of care to meet the needs of offenders and to better prepare them for successful reentry into the community," said John Clancy, President and CEO of CEC.
The article 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. Reincarceration 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.
This article also 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 results of the study are further evidence of the connection between effective correctional programming and reduced recidivism. This study demonstrates that CEC, using cutting edge evidence-based programming in a comprehensive manner, significantly reduces recidivism in a high-risk offender population," said Dr. Ralph Fretz, Director of Assessment for CEC.
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.'
CEC is the largest provider of rehabilitative services to the criminal justice system in America. CEC provides a wide array of comprehensive treatment services for adults and juveniles through its more than 20 locations. The company operates programs for county, state, and federal populations in New Jersey, Wyoming, South Dakota, Colorado, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Indiana.
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