News - 2007
CEC Research Article Published in Offender Substance Abuse Report
West Caldwell, NJ, Nov 8, 2007 - Community Education Centers, Inc. has announced that the research article, "What Makes a Correctional Treatment Program Effective: Do the Risk, Need, and Responsivity Principles (RNR) Make a Difference in Reducing Recidivism?" has been published as the lead article in the fall edition of the Offender Substance Abuse Report.
"As the nation's largest provider of reentry and in-prison treatment services, CEC takes pride in its commitment to outcome-based research that continues to prove that our cost-effective reentry services reduce recidivism," said John Clancy, President and CEO of CEC.
The article, written by Dr. Ralph Fretz, Director of Assessment and Research at CEC, describes recent CEC outcome study results, including recidivism figures for select programs and outcomes for CEC residents compared with national data from the most recent Bureau of Justice Statistics research. The study found that the national rearrest rate is 3.9 times higher than for the CEC sample (30% vs. 8%) for six months post-release and that the national rearrest rate is 2.3 times higher than for the CEC sample (44% vs. 20%) for one year post-release.
The article also addresses the connection between a CEC core philosophy, the Risk, Need, and Responsivity Principles (RNR) and a reduction in recidivism. Dr. Fretz comments in the article that an effective use of the RNR approach includes a treatment culture that is prosocial, highly structured, and mutually respectful.
"CEC's treatment programs effectively achieve a balance between treatment and custody. As this article shows, the professionalism of our staff and the ability to address the individual needs of each offender in our care, contribute directly to the effective delivery of CEC's reentry services. The results are cost-effective solutions that reduce recidivism," said Dr. Fretz.
Community Education Centers, Inc. (CEC) is the largest provider of offender reentry and in-prison treatment services in America. CEC operates in 22 states and provides a full range of residential and non-residential reentry services with an empirically documented record of reducing recidivism.
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