Recidivism Quotes

We're here to help them with setting goals. Hopelessness is a lot of why we have high rates of recidivism among young offenders. With this program, we are trying to get them to focus on things that will keep them out of trouble. We want to show them and society that they're not throwaway kids. - Robin Sohnen

We're essentially seeing people forced into refugee status. The experts say the major thing in preventing recidivism is to allow offenders to rebuild their lives, put down roots. But because of feel-good, poorly-thought-out, knee-jerk reactions by politicians, the effect is to increase recidivism. - William Buckman

We have to accept the fact that the vast majority of perpetrators of these crimes are people who know their victims. It's the uncle who is trusted to act as a babysitter. It's the family friend. As soon as people accept the fact that recidivism rates are low, and that the offenses are perpetrated by people who are already involved in the family structure, then the solutions that are proposed become irrelevant. - Eric Lotke

To better prepare inmates for release, they have to maintain community contacts. This will result, in my opinion, in saving Florida money because it will hopefully cut recidivism. - Randall Berg

The treatment process does reduce the likelihood of recidivism. - Jesus Padilla

The reality is that recidivism rates are low - which runs in the face of the notion of the super-predator that these laws are aimed at getting. But do people know that? Do people know that if they were to go to the library and look up the recidivism rates for these offenders, the highest they would see is somewhere in the teens? - Eric Lotke

People who are arrested for OWI, for example, probably don't need to be locked up while they are awaiting sentencing. And there are some people who learn how to be worse in jail. Getting the right people involved in interventions will reduce the likelihood of recidivism. - Mark Goldman

One weekend we have them sleeping it off in the emergency room. The next weekend they're in jail. The next weekend they're in Deaconess (psychiatric unit), and then we ship them to Warm Springs (State Hospital)... How do we look at the system and get people into the right programs so we don't see recidivism? - Bill Kennedy