The Individual-Level Deterrent Effect of "Call-In" Meetings on Time to Re-Arrest

• NCJ Number: 255832
• Journal: Crime & Delinquency Dated: 2019
• Author(s): Giovanni Circo; Julie M. Krupa; Edmund F McGarrell; Alaina DeBiasi
• Date Published: 2019
• Length: 12 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2012-PB-FX-K002
• Sponsoring Agency: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical); Report (Study/Research); Report (Grant Sponsored); Program/Project Description
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Since research on the individual-level effect of deterrent messaging on subsequent offending is limited, the current study examined data on 254 gang- and group-involved probationers and parolees who attended offender “call-in” meetings that were intended to deter their reoffending under the Detroit Ceasefire Initiative.

Abstract

The study used inverse-probability weighting to construct a counterfactual comparison group from a sample of gang-involved young adults who were not subject to the Ceasefire call-in. A Cox regression was then used to estimate time to re-arrest. The study found that individuals who were delivered a deterrent message at a call-in meeting had a longer time to re-arrest for up to 3 years following the meeting compared to a weighted comparison group. (publisher abstract modified)