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Offenders on Parole in New Jersey on December 31, 1994 by Selected Characteristics

NCJ Number
155976
Date Published
1995
Length
16 pages
Annotation
This report provides information on selected characteristics for offenders under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey Department of Corrections who were on parole as of December 31, 1994.
Abstract
Thirty percent of offenders on parole had committed violent crimes, including robbery, assault, sexual assault, and homicide. The single most common offense was drug offenses, for which 45 percent of the offenders had been committed to supervision. Sixty percent of the parole caseload was black, 21 percent White, and 19 percent Hispanic. The median age for offenders under supervision was 32. Forty-four percent of all parolees were committed from the State's four biggest counties. These figures include prison, young adult, and juvenile parolees, as well as 1,363 female offenders.