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EXTENT OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH FAILURE OF RESIDENTS AT A COMMUNITY RELEASE CENTER - A RESEARCH NOTE

NCJ Number
53632
Journal
Canadian Journal of Criminology Volume: 21 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1979), 81-85
Author(s)
E J HLUSCHAK
Date Published
1979
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THE EXTENT OF POLICE INVOLVEMENT WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE CONSIDERED FAILURES BY A COMMUNITY RELEASE CENTER IN CANADA WHILE ON DAY PAROLE OR CERTIFICATE OF TEMPORARY ABSENCE DURING 1976 IS DISCUSSED.
Abstract
WITH THE INCREASING USE OF EXTERNAL RESOURCES BY THE CENTER IN 1976, CERTAIN PROCEDURES WERE DEVELOPED TO DEAL WITH FAILURES. IF ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT LIVE AT THE CENTER FAILED TO REPORT BACK AND HE WAS PHYSICALLY PRESENT, HE WAS USUALLY PROCESSED THROUGH THE THE REGULAR DISCIPLINARY ROUTE. IF A RESIDENT WHO LIVED AT THE CENTER FAILED TO RETURN FROM A PASS OR FROM WORK IN THE EVENING OR IF ONE OF THE RESIDENTS WHO DID NOT LIVE AT THE CENTER FAILED TO REPORT ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS OF HIS TEMPORARY ABSENCE, A DIFFERENT SET OF PROCEDURES WAS FOLLOWED. FOR THESE CASES, DUTY OFFICERS ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE INDIVIDUAL BY TELEPHONE. IF TELEPHONE CONTACT COULD NOT BE MADE, THE CENTER GAVE THE INDIVIDUAL A 2-HOUR GRACE PERIOD BEFORE NOTIFYING THE CRIME DIVISION OF THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S FAILURE TO REPORT. OF 60 DAY PAROLE INDIVIDUALS, 43 OR 71.66 PERCENT WERE SUCCESSFUL AND 17 OR 28.33 PERCENT WERE FAILURES. OF THE 17 FAILURES, 5 REQUIRED POLICE INTERVENTION. OF 363 TEMPORARY ABSENCE INDIVIDUALS, 282 OR 77.68 PERCENT WERE SUCCESSFUL AND 81 OR 22.31 PERCENT WERE FAILURES, AND OF THESE, 28 REQUIRED POLICE INVOLVEMENT. IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH ARE DISCUSSED, AND SUPPORTING DATA ARE PROVIDED. (DEP)