Snapping Back: Food Stamp Bans and Criminal Recidivism

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...

Predicting criminal recidivism of insanity acquittees.

Food Stamp Reform

This paper analyzes three bills to reform the food stamp program: S.2451, sponsored by Senators McGovern and Dole; S.2537, the Administration's proposal; and S.1993, sponsored by Senator Buckley. The most important provisions of these reform bills are summarized and evaluated, emphasizing proposed income maximums for eligibility and changes in benefit levels. Then the impacts of each bill on se...

The Impact of Food Stamp Program on Relative Food Consumption and Food Choices

  I n this paper, the effects of the Food Stamp (FS) Program (now referred to as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-SNAP) on individuals’ food choices are evaluated. In other words, I examine how households' food choice or relative food consumption is changed by FS participation. For this purpose six food groups are created using 2016 Consumer Expenditure Diary Surv...