Follow-up Evaluation of Ohio’s Community Based Correctional Facility & Halfway House Programs Outcome Study
March 18, 2010 Researchers Edward J. Latessa, Ph.D.; Lori Brusman Lovins, MSW; Paula Smith, Ph.D.; all of the University of Cincinnati, sought to discover the types of offenders who most benefit from Ohio halfway houses and community-based correctional facilities (CBCFs) and to determine which programs are most effective at reducing recidivism. Outcome measures included felony conviction, any conviction, and new incarceration for a two-year period following release. Using a quasi-experimental design, they compared outcomes for 27,000 offenders. Half were served by halfway houses and half served by CBCFs between February 2006 and June 2007 . . .
