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42 J. Offender Rehab. 1 (2005-2006)

handle is hein.journals/wjor42 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, Vol. 42 (1), 2005. Pp. 1-22. Available online at http://www.haworthpress.com/web/JOR @ 2005 by The Ha worth Press, Inc. All rights reserved. doi: 10.1 300/JO76v42nO1 01 Revisiting Anomalous Outcome Data from the Breaking the Cycle Program in Jacksonville MICHAEL D. WHITE MICHAEL HALLETT ABSTRACT Results from the national evaluation of the Breaking the Cy- cle program indicated that the participants in the program re-offended less frequently than comparison group defendants in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tacoma, Washington, but not in Jacksonville, Florida. This paper seeks to re-examine the same BTC program in Jacksonville, using different sam- ples, methodology, data and analysis. The study employs T-tests, logistic regression and CHAID to examine differences in re-offending among con- temporaneous random samples of program participants and comparable un- treated defendants (n = 100 for each group). Using State Attorney and BTC data, both samples were drawn from the population of program-eligible cases from October 1999-April 2001, the complete period of operation for BTC Jacksonville. Similar to the national evaluation, results indicate that BTC did not produce significantly lower rates of re-offending among its participants. The authors explore possible explanations for the no-differ- ence finding including Jacksonville's decision to link program participa- tion to gaining pretrial release, the jurisdiction's heavy reliance on cash bail, and the differential impact of individual risk factors. The analysis pro- duces more questions than answers and highlights the need for additional research to fully understand the Jacksonville BTC experience. [Article cop- ies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: <http://www.HaworthPress.com> @ 2005 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]

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