Predicting criminal recidivism using ‘split population’ survival time models

Predicting criminal recidivism of insanity acquittees.

Predicting general criminal recidivism in mentally disordered offenders using a random forest approach

BACKGROUND Psychiatric expert opinions are supposed to assess the accused individual's risk of reoffending based on a valid scientific foundation. In contrast to specific recidivism, general recidivism has only been poorly considered in Continental Europe; we therefore aimed to develop a valid instrument for assessing the risk of general criminal recidivism of mentally ill offenders. METHOD D...

Evaluation of Survival Analysis Models for Predicting Factors Infuencing the Time of Brucellosis Diagnosis

Background:Brucellosis or Malta fever is one of the most common zoonotic diseases in the world. In addition to causing human suffering and dire economic impact on animals, due to the high prevalence of Brucellosis in the western regions of Isfahan province, this study aimed to analyze effective factors in the time of Brucellosis diagnosis using parametric and semi-parametric mo...

Bleick Rehabilitation: Reduced Criminal Recidivism Paper 286 Influence of the Transcendental Meditation Program on Criminal Recidivism

Parole outcomes for California Department of Corrections parolees who had voluntarily learned the Transcendental Meditation (TM) technique while incarcerated at Folsom Prison, Deuel Vocational Institution, and San Quentin Prison in California were compared to parole outcomes for nonmeditating parolees matched for offense, prior commitment record, age, ethnic group, institution, and parole year....

Recidivism among treated criminal psychiatric patients.

Until recently there was a poverty of treatment effort devoted to criminal offenders who were housed in the public mental hospitals of this country. In a nationwide survey of such programs published in 1969, the most frequently mentioned treatment modalities used for" most or all" patients were recreation therapy, drugs and religious guidance. I Recently, more money and concern have been devote...