Predicting Recidivism for Released State Prison Offenders: Examining the Influence of Individual and Neighborhood Characteristics and Spatial Contagion on the Likelihood of Reincarceration

Criminal Justice and Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 690-711

  Stahler, Gerald J ^a   Mennis, Jeremy ^a   Belenko, Steven ^a   Welsh, Wayne N ^a   Hiller, Matthew L ^a   Zajac, Gary ^b  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

neighborhood effects; recidivism; reentry; reincarceration; spatial contagion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877111750     PISSN: 00938548     EISSN: 15523594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0093854812469609     Document Type: Article

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