BEHAVIOR DURING THE FIRST YEAR IN PRISON - REPORT 4 AS RELATED TO PAROLE OUTCOME

• NCJ Number: 2457
• Author(s): D R SAMAN
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: California State Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RELATIONSHIP OF SPECIFIC AREAS OF BEHAVIOR AND OVERALL BEHAVIOR DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF PRISON TO PAROLE SUCCESS.

Abstract

THE SPECIFIC AREAS OF BEHAVIOR RATED ARE WORK ASSIGNMENT, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, ACADEMIC EDUCATION, VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION IN ORGANIZED GROUP PROGRAMS, NUMBER OF DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, AND VIOLENCE IN PRISON. FOR THE FIRST REPORT, THE RATINGS OF BEHAVIOR WERE MADE AND DISCIPLINARY REPORTS WERE EXAMINED. THESE DATA ARE UTILIZED IN THE PRESENT STUDY. STATISTICAL DATA INCLUDED. IT CANNOT BE INFERRED THAT THE RATINGS OF BEHAVIOR, EITHER SPECIFIC OR OVERALL, OF THE NEW ADMISSIONS DURING THE FIRST YEAR IN PRISON ARE STRONGLY RELATED TO HOW THESE MEN ADJUST TO PAROLE.