NCJ Number
40446
Date Published
1975
Length
11 pages
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