What is the baseline recidivism rate?
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Tier 1: Collect todayTier 3: Needs a partner
The outcome sits in a record another agency holds. You hold the participant list and count it.
You count your own participants; the court or corrections record confirms the outcome.
Partner routes for court or corrections records
- PA: reincarceration and other corrections outcomes Held by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
- Rule
- DOC Policy 02.01.02, Research Activities, including written-agreement controls for departmental data research and evaluation and Research Review Committee approval. This is an agency research route, not a general public-record request.
- Lag
- Event and update lag and approval SLA NR.
- Cost
- NR.
- Who may request
- Qualified external researchers and organizations with an approved proposal and required safeguards; nonprofit status is not automatic approval.
- MA: new criminal cases and dispositions, and defined recidivism measures Held by Department of Criminal Justice Information Services, CORI repository.
- Rule
- 803 CMR 8.00 research access; application, research proposal and individual nondisclosure agreements. Other agencies' records can require supporting permission.
- Lag
- Event-to-record and update lag NR. Research approvals are renewable, generally for one year.
- Cost
- NR.
- Who may request
- Non-criminal-justice organizations or individuals with an approved educational, scientific or other valid research purpose.
Agreement templates
- Urban Institute Reentry Mapping Network sample MOU A nonprofit-to-state-corrections model describing reentry analysis, data responsibilities, permitted use, confidentiality and agency review.
Provide a rate for a population that most closely represents the grantee’s target population. If the grantee does not have a baseline rate similar to the target population, use a recidivism rate for individuals who have been released from a state facility, local prison, or jail.
- Target
- No target rule stated