I'm Aaron Jacklin, and this is Explaining Crime, an independent newsletter that helps you explain crime to your audience.
Your First Five is a daily series (M-F) that publishes a curated selection of recent research related to crime and justice. Each post is more a tip sheet than an article and contains links to new studies (each related to a single topic) that I hope will enhance your work explaining crime. The publication schedule is in flux until June.
These new studies related to criminology and criminal justice were published recently by journals I monitor.
1. Attrition from Jail Reentry Program Increases Recidivism, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice.
2. Using Latent Class Analysis to Identify Need Typologies and Recidivism Likelihood Among Women Who Perpetrate Violence, published in Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
3. Forensic Aftercare Facilities and Their Impact on the Releasability of Persons Who Committed Sexual Offenses: A Three Group Comparison, published in International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.
4. SAVRY Predictive Validity of Mississippi Justice-Involved Youth Recidivism: A Latent Variable Approach, published in American Journal of Criminal Justice.
5. Procedural Justice Spill-Over and Recidivism After Release From Prison, published in Crime & Delinquency.
I might cover some of these studies further in Understanding Crime. If one sounds interesting or important, let me know in the comments.
Yes, I use a template for these posts, which are intended more as tip sheets than articles. Your First Five and the directories I'm experimenting with are the output of my research discovery system. I've worked on that system a great deal recently, particularly in late April. That system is intended to furnish a wide variety of crime research leads and facilitate choices of what new research to actually report on, both for myself and for the journalists among you. I hope others will find these tip sheets useful too.