Abstract
Past research on intensive supervision probation (ISP) programs has found that program which include treatment components may more effectively reduce recidivism and that programs which offer a balanced approach to ISP may be most effective. Despite these claims, the existing literature has not examined the impact of supervision philosophy (e.g., a control or treatment orientation) of ISP programs on recidivism. This research examines the effects of supervision philosophy on re-arrest and failure to complete ISP. The findings reveal that supervision philosophy impacts program failure but not the re-arrest of intensive probationers. The results also suggest that other predictors of recidivism may be more important in predicting the recidivism of intensive probationers than supervision philosophy. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Kelly L. Brown
Indiana University in Kokomo, IN
Kelly Brown is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public and environmental affairs at Indiana University in Kokomo, IN. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati in 1999. She is an Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Kokomo. Her research and teaching interests include capital punishment and death row, attitudes toward crime and correctional policy, crime and deviance among college students, and religion and crime. She may be contacted at kelkebro@iuk.edu or at School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University Kokomo, P.O. Box 9003, Kokomo, Indiana 46904.