Executive Summary

2007: University of Cincinnati Division of Criminal Justice Center for Criminal Justice Research calculated the one-year arrest rates for any new misdemeanor or felony for Prime For Life participants and a comparison group. As shown in the graph, the one-year arrest rate for of any new offense for the Prime For Life group was 19%, compared to 29% for the other group.

After taking into account program completion and controlling for differences in risk factors between the groups, the researchers calculated the probability of re-arrest for each. The probability of re-arrest for Prime For Life completers was 16%, compared to 36% for the comparison group and 37% for people who began but did not complete the program.