Using Data To Improve Corrections Operations & Management

The good news

Uses of administrative data

Uses of administrative data

Uses of administrative data

Background

Using administrative data

Alternative analytic approaches

Propensity Models: What…why…

Propensity Models:
…How…

Example: Drug treatment & probationer outcomes*

Considerations

Drug treatment & probationer outcomes

Drug treatment & probationer outcomes

Propensity Modeling Approach

Propensity Modeling Approach

Step 3: “binning”

Step 4: Estimate treatment effect

Step 5: Present the results

Step 5: Recidivism outcomes

Alternative: Case matching using propensity scores

Case matching using the
6à1 greedy match algorithm

With the case matching algorithm

Effect of treatment on recidivism

Conclusions