RECIDIVISM AND ITS MEASUREMENT IN ONTARIO

• NCJ Number: 40603
• Author(s): P Gendreau; M Leipciger
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 17 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Ontario Dept of Correctional Services
• Corporate Author: Ontario Dept of Correctional Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EXAMINATION OF THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF RECIDIVISM AMONG YOUNG ADULT OFFENDERS WHO ARE INCARCERATED FOR THE FIRST TIME.

Abstract

THE DOCUMENT REVIEWS THE UTILITY AND PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE MEASUREMENT OF CRIME AND RECIDIVISM. THE USEFULNESS OF SPECIFIC CRIME AND RECIDIVISM IN INDICES ARE CONSIDERED, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RECIDIVISM INDEX APPLICABLE TO CANADIAN JURISDICTIONS IS OUTLINED. ADDITIONALLY, RECIDIVISM RATES FOR A SAMPLE SIZE OF 775 MALE FIRST OFFENDERS SENTENCED TO PROVINCIAL REFORMATORY BETWEEN THE PERIODS 1970-1972 ARE REPORTED. AFTER TWO YEARS THE RECIDIVISM RATES WERE LOWER THAN EXPECTED AS 60.9 PERCENT OF THE SAMPLE WERE NOT REIMPRISONED TWO YEARS AFTER RELEASE....KAP