Research and Data

Commission Sponsored Research

Commission Sponsored Research

Kempinen, Cynthia and Kurlychek, Megan. (2003).  An Outcome Evaluation of Pennsylvania’s Boot Camp:  Does Rehabilitative Programming Within a Disciplinary Setting Reduce Recidivism?  Crime and Delinquency, 49(4).

Kurlychek, Megan and Kempinen, Cynthia. (2006).  Beyond Boot Camp: The Impact of Aftercare on Offender Reentry  Criminology and Public Policy, 5(2).

Outlaw, Maureen C. and Ruback, R. Barry.  (1999).  Predictors and Outcomes of Victim Restitution Orders  Justice Quarterly, 16(4).

Ruback, R. Barry.  (2004).  The Imposition of Economic Sanctions in Philadelphia: Costs, Fines, and Restitution.  Federal Probation, 68(1).

Ruback, R. Barry and Bergstrom, Mark H. (2006).  Economic Sanctions in Criminal Justice: Purposes, Effects, and Implications.  Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33(2).

Ruback, R. Barry and Shaffer, Jennifer N.  (2005).  The Role of Victim-Related Factors in Victim Restitution:  A Multi-Method Analysis of Restitution in Pennsylvania.  Law and Human Behavior, 29(6).

Ruback, R. Barry, Hoskins, Stacy N., Cares, Alison C., and Feldmeyer, Ben.  (2006).  Perception and Payment of Economic Sanctions:  A Survey of Offenders,   Federal Probation, 70(26).

Ruback, R. Barry, Ruth, Gretchen. R., and Shaffer, Jennifer N.  (2005).  Assessing the Impact of Statutory Change: A Statewide Multilevel Analysis of Restitution Orders in Pennsylvania.  Crime and Delinquency, 51(3).

Ruback, R. Barry, Shaffer, Jennifer N., and Logue, Melissa A.  (2004).  The Imposition and Effects of Restitution in Four Pennsylvania Counties:   Effects of Size of County at Collection Units.  Crime and Delinquency, 50(2).