Neighborhood Risk Factors for Recidivism: For Whom do they Matter?

ABSTRACT: Justice-involved people vary substantially in their risk of reoffending. To date, recidivism prediction and prevention efforts have largely focused on individual-level factors like antisocial traits. Although a growing body of research has examined the role of residential contexts in predicting reoffending, results have been equivocal. One reason for mixed results may be that an individual's susceptibility to contextual influence depends upon his or her accumulated risk of reoffending. Based on a sample of 2218 people on probation in San Francisco, California, this study draws on observational and secondary data to test the hypothesis that individual risk moderates the effect of neighborhood factors on recidivism. Results from survival analyses indicate that individual risk interacts with

SUBMITTER: Jacobs LA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7969362 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature