America has one of the highest criminal recidivism rates of any industrialized nation in the world. National recidivism rates among adults are as high as 73%, while national rearrest rates for juveniles are around 55%. Professionals estimate that it costs more than $25,000 to arrest, try, and convict a criminal and put them behind bars. That cost is independent of the expense of keeping someone incarcerated or financial and emotional costs incurred by the victims...

America spends billions of dollars chasing, catching, convicting and supervising criminals. There have been many programs aimed at cutting the recidivism rate, but few, if any, have any lasting impact. One comprehensive national study of 600 programs found that less than 2% of the programs resulted in sustained behavior change. Gathering and examining the evidence about what works is critical to successfully reducing recidivism. Using solid evidence to evaluate...

RealVictory is a two-step program proven to reduce recidivism. Based on a year long study of the RealVictory program, when compared to a control group, there were 54 percent fewer arrests for among RealVictory participants. Of the RealVictory participants who were re-arrested, they went 2.6 times longer than the control group before they were re-arrested (278 days vs. 106 days) and 4.3 times more juveniles were never re-arrested at all. Participants attend a...

Helping Offenders: What Works is a comprehensive examination of the evidence of what programs work and what do not. The authors summarize the theory, research and conclusions about each of the major approaches for reducing recidivism. They also describe the study done about RealVictory, provide an overview of the program and the results the program has...

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