NCJ Number
11582
Journal
Federal Probation Volume: 37 Issue: 2 Dated: (JUNE 1973) Pages: 48-53
Date Published
1973
Length
6 pages
Annotation
IMPACT OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA WORK FURLOUGH PROGRAM ON CONTINUED CRIMINALITY, FAMILY TIES, AND ON THE JOB HISTORY OF INMATES AFTER RELEASE.
Abstract
COMPARISONS WERE MADE OF TRAITS AND PERFORMANCE OF THE WORK FURLOUGH AND NONFURLOUGH INMATES FROM DATA COLLECTED THROUGH VARIOUS TEST INSTRUMENTS. NONFURLOUGH INMATES SCORED AS MORE LIVELY AND CAREFREE, WHILE WORK FURLOUGH INMATES SCORED AS MORE CONCERNED WITH CONVENTION AND CONFORMITY. QUESTIONNAIRES SENT OUT TO FAMILIES OF INMATES SHOWED THAT THE MAJORITY FELT THAT THE INMATE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS OWN PREDICAMENT HOWEVER, MORE OF THE FURLOUGH INMATES' FAMILIES SAID THAT THE INCARCERATION OF THE INMATE HAD AN UNDESIRABLE EFFECT ON THEIR LIVES. WORK FURLOUGH INMATES HAD MORE POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD WORK THAN NONFURLOUGH INMATES, AND 50 PERCENT OF THE WORK FURLOUGH INMATES REMAINED ON THE SAME JOB THEY HAD PRIOR TO SENTENCE. OVERALL, WORK FURLOUGH INMATES HAD A LOWER RECIDIVISM RATE THAN NONFURLOUGH INMATES.