Research Report Impact and Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Maryland Reentry Partnership Initiative
John Roman, Lisa E. Brooks, Erica Lagerson, Aaron Chalfin, Bogdan Tereshchenko
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This study evaluates the impact of the Maryland Reentry Partnership Initiative (REP) on crime in Baltimore between 2001 and 2005. It compares 229 REP clients to a contemporaneous cohort of 370 prisoners released to non-REP neighborhoods in Baltimore City. The quasi-experimental design tests whether REP reduced the prevalence and incidence of criminal justice contact, and whether the program was cost-beneficial. REP clients committed fewer new crimes, and that REP was cost-beneficial, returning $3 in benefits per dollar in new costs. The total net benefit to the citizens of Baltimore is $7.2 million, or $21,500 per REP participant.
Research and Evidence Justice and Safety
Expertise Victim Safety and Justice Justice Systems Data and Analytics Courts, Corrections, and Reentry Community Safety
Tags Victims of crime Corrections Courts and sentencing Crime and justice analytics Policing and community safety Reentry