LAWS 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Substance Abuse, Dont, Police Caution
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Exam: effect sizes what they mean, calculate. Since martinson"s time it has become clear that some things do work in offender treatment. These findings have typically emerged from meta-analytic studies. Interpreting effect sizes: effect sizes can vary in terms of, magnitude (0. 00-1. 00, sign (+ or -) The treatment group has a recidivism rate of 60% and your comparison group has a recidivism rate of 40% The difference between the two has to equal the effect size, the difference always has to be symmetrical around 50: question 2, +0. 60/2=. 30. 30% + 30%= 20% /80: question 3. 20/2= -10: +10%/-10% = 60%/40, question 4. 60/2 = -. 30: +30% + -30% = 80%/20% The effectiveness of punishment-based strategies: historically the cjs in north america has used get tough strategies to deal with offenders. These strategies vary in degree of severity from incarceration to intermediate sanctions (e. g. , house arrest, curfews, restitution, etc. )
