Reconciling What Works and Broken Windows: The Policy Relevance of Individual and Social Correlates to Recidivism Reduction

• NCJ Number: 232546
• Journal: Victims & Offenders Volume: 4 Issue: 4 Dated: October 2009 Pages: 427-434
• Author(s): Mario A. Paparozzi; Melinda D. Schlager
• Date Published: October 2009
• Length: 8 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This article examines community corrections.

Abstract

Scholars and practitioners have devoted considerable attention to affirming offender rehabilitation ("what works") and also arguing for the need to foster healthy social contexts in order to reduce recidivism ("broken windows"). It makes sense, therefore, to acknowledge the critical importance of both individual and social correlates of criminal behavior and to reconcile "what works" with "broken windows." It is argued that the most serious policy issues facing community corrections have more to do with problems associated with organizational capital than with the state of knowledge about specific correctional paradigms. (Published Abstract)