Robert Martinson, a social scientist tasked with examining prison programming in the United States during the 1960s, determined that correctional rehabilitation programs were effective at reducing recidivism.

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Robert Martinson actually concluded that "nothing works" when it comes to reducing recidivism through rehabilitation programs in his influential 1974 report.

Robert Martinson, a Social Scientist Tasked with Examining Prison Programming