STATISTICAL TABLES DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS AND RECIDIVISM RATES OF 1971 RELEASEES FROM MASSACHUSETTS MCIS (MASSACUHSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS)

• NCJ Number: 14907
• Author(s): D P LECLAIR
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 42 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STATISTICAL TABLES RELATING RELEASEES BY VARIABLES SUCH AS COMMITMENT INSTITUTION, SPECIFIC TYPE OF OFFENSE, NUMBER OF CHARGES, MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM SENTENCE, AGE AT COMMITMENT, RACE, MARITAL STATUS, AND SERVICE DATA.

Abstract

OTHER TABLES PRESENT BREAKDOWNS BY OCCUPATIONAL SCALE, LENGTH OF EMPLOYMENT, EDUCATION, DRUG USE, AGE AT FIRST ARREST, NUMBER OF COURT APPEARANCES, NUMBER OF CHARGES, AND RECIDIVISM. THESE TABLES CONTAIN A TOTAL OF 32 BACKGROUND VARIABLES WHICH PROVIDE A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF THE 1971 RELEASEE POPULATION. THESE VARIABLES ALSO PROVIDE A FRAMEWORK FOR A DIFFERENTIAL ANALYSIS OF RECIDIVISM RATES.