| NCJ Number: |
186560  |
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| Title: |
Safe Return of Offenders to the Community |
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| Corporate Author: |
Canada Correctional Service
Communications Branch
Canada |
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| Date Published: |
2000 |
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| Page Count: |
47 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Canada Correctional Service
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OP9, Canada |
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| Sale Source: |
Canada Correctional Service
Communications Branch
340 Laurier Avenue West
Ottawa, Ontario K1A OP9,
Canada |
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| Type: |
Legislation/Policy Analysis |
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| Format: |
Document |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
Canada |
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| Annotation: |
This report provides data on factors that influence the size of
Canada's Federal offender population, data that show the
effectiveness of community supervision after release from prison
and crime-reduction through effective treatment, and data that
show the potential for offender reintegration into the community.
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| Abstract: |
Data on factors that influence the size of Canada's Federal
offender population address the number of offenses, the number of
prisoners, imprisonment rates, prison admissions, length of
sentence, length of imprisonment, a profile of Federal offenders,
and offender population distributions between institutions and
community supervision. In examining data and programs that bear
upon the successful return of offenders to the community, this
report notes that conditional release programs (day parole, full
parole, or statutory release) are based on the premise that a
period of supervised transition from prison to the community
enhances public safety and the rehabilitation of offenders. Data
are presented to show that the yearly success rates for day
parole, full parole, and statutory release in 1998-99 are among
the highest in recent years. The report concludes that from a
public safety perspective, offenders granted a discretionary
release (day parole or full parole) and properly supervised in
the community show very high levels of success in avoiding
recidivism. Data are also presented to show that various types of
treatment that target specific offender problems related to their
offending behavior are effective in reducing recidivism. The
report concludes with an overview of data that show the potential
for the reintegration of inmate populations through transitional
supervision. Extensive tables and figures
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| Main Term(s): |
Foreign corrections statistics |
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| Index Term(s): |
Inmate statistics; Parole; Parole effectiveness; Parole statistics; Recidivism statistics |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=186560 |
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