Is Rehabilitation Effective?

Is Rehabilitation Effective?
With prison recidivism rates at 60 percent, the country has long since passed the point of needing effective solutions. Enhancing community safety is a major goal of corrections. One way of attaining this goal is to adopt strategies that reduce offender recidivism. In the 1970s and 1980s there was widespread disillusionment with the effectiveness of treatment programs to reduce recidivism. Today however, recent research demonstrates that some programs can reduce the likelihood of offenders returning to crime. This paper will explore the definition of rehabilit…