DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA - PERFORMANCE TRENDS AMONG YOUTH CENTER PAROLEES

• NCJ Number: 11046
• Author(s): S Adams; W S Heaton
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 33 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF ARREST, SENTENCE, AND DETENTION DATA ON 148 YOUTHFUL OFFENDERS RELEASED FROM THE D.C. YOUTH CENTER.

Abstract

DURING THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD 12 PERCENT WERE RELEASED TO DETAINERS, AND 39 PERCENT WERE BOOKED INTO D.C. JAIL. 17 PERCENT WERE BOOKED MORE THAN ONE TIME. THE GROUP OF RELEASEES WAS BROKEN DOWN INTO COHORTS ACCORDING TO EXPOSURE TIME TO THE YOUTH CENTER. THE 18-MONTH COHORT SHOWED THE HIGHEST DETAINED-OR-BOOKED RATE, WHILE THE SIX-MONTH COHORT SHOWED THE LOWEST. THE BOOKING CURVES FOR ALL COHORTS SHOWED A TENDENCY TO RISE OVER TIME. THE LARGEST COHORT, THE 30-MONTHS-EXPOSURE GROUP, WAS EXAMINED IN DETAIL TO LEARN WHAT DISPOSITIONS HAD OCCURRED. OVER HALF OF THE RELEASEES IN THIS GROUP HAD BEEN PAROLED TO DETAINERS OR BOOKED INTO D.C. JAIL.