MISSOURI - RECIDIVISM RATES FOR PAROLED AND COMMUTED INMATES - A THREE YEAR FOLLOW-UP

• NCJ Number: 40446
• Author(s): R M Egger
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY SHOWS THE DEGREE OF RECIDIVISM AMONG A GROUP OF PAROLED AND COMMUTED PRISONERS IN MISSOURI.

Abstract

THE STUDY WAS BASED ON PRISONERS RELEASED IN THE YEARS 1972, 1973, AND 1974. THE SAMPLE NUMBER WAS 50. THE OBJECTIVE WAS TO DISCOVER WHETHER PAROLED PRISONERS OR COMMUTED PRISONERS HAD A HIGHER DEGREE OF ARRESTS OR COMMITMENTS. THE STUDY FOUND THAT IN NEARLY EVERY CASE, THE COMMUTED PRISONER HAD HIGHER RE-COMMITMENT RATES AND ARREST RATES THAN PAROLEES....BS