NCJ Number: |
65968  |
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Title: |
MISSISSIPPI - DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS - RECIDIVISM RATES - COHORT A - SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT |
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Author(s): |
S K C MARTIN |
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Corporate Author: |
Mississippi Dept of Corrections United States of America |
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Date Published: |
1980 |
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Page Count: |
10 |
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Sponsoring Agency: |
Mississippi Dept of Corrections Jackson, MS 39202 National Institute of Justice/ Rockville, MD 20849 |
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Sale Source: |
National Institute of Justice/ NCJRS paper reproduction Box 6000, Dept F Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America |
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Document: |
PDF |
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Type: |
Statistics |
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Language: |
English |
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Country: |
United States of America |
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Annotation: |
THE RECIDIVISM RATES AND GENERAL REASONS FOR RECIDIVISTS' RETURN TO PRISON ARE DETERMINED FOR A SAMPLE OF 457 MISSISSIPPI INMATES RELEASED DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1978. |
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Abstract: |
FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE STUDY, A RECIDIVIST IS DEFINED AS ANYONE WHO IS RELEASED FROM INCARCERATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI PRISON SYSTEM AND RETURNS TO THAT SYSTEM BECAUSE HE/SHE HAS COMMITTED A NEW OFFENSE OR IS GUILTY OF A TECHNICAL VIOLATION OF RELEASE SUPERVISION. SUBJECTS WERE TRACKED AT 3-MONTH, 6-MONTH, AND 1-YEAR INTERVALS TO DETERMINE RECIDIVISM RATES FOR THE COHORT. OF THE 11 INMATES (2.4 PERCENT OF THE COHORT) WHO RECIDIVATED DURING THE FIRST 3 MONTHS, 8 WERE REVOKED PAROLEES; 1 WAS REVOKED FROM WORK RELEASE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; AND 1 WAS DISCHARGED WITH PROBATION TO FOLLOW AND REVOKED BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE. OF THE 21 INMATES (4.6 PERCENT) WHO RECIDIVATED AFTER 6 MONTHS, 15 WERE REVOKED PAROLEES; 2 WERE REVOKED FROM SUPERVISED EARNED RELEASE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; 3 WERE REVOKED FROM WORK RELEASE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; AND 1 WAS DISCHARGED WITH PROBATION TO FOLLOW AND REVOKED BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE. OF THE 37 INMATES WHO RECIDIVATED DURING THE FIRST YEAR AFTER RELEASE, 29 WERE REVOKED PAROLEES; 2 WERE REVOKED FROM SUPERVISED EARNED RELEASE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; 3 WERE REVOKED FROM WORK RELEASE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; 3 WERE DISCHARGED WITH PROBATION TO FOLLOW AND REVOKED BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE; AND 3 WERE RETURNED AFTER DISCHARGE UPON EXPIRATION OF SENTENCE BECAUSE OF NEW SENTENCE. TWO AND 3-YEAR RATES WILL BE REPORTED WHEN THE TIME HAS ELAPSED. TABULAR DATA ARE PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED---RCB) |
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Index Term(s): |
Corrections statistics; Mississippi; Parole violations; Recidivism |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link: http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=65968 |
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