Case Classification: Two Year Outcome Study

• NCJ Number: 108213
• Author(s): M Eisenberg
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This report compares findings of a followup study of recidivism rates of the Texas Board of Pardons and Parole with those contained in a U.S. Bureau of Justice report that surveyed recidivism rates of 14 States, and examines the relationship between the salient factor risk score and 2-year outcome data.

Abstract

Cases assessed in September 1983 were followed through September 1985. Two methodological problems compromise slightly the comparability of the two studies. In a 2-year period, 39 percent of releasees had a prerevocation warrant issued and 27 percent were revoked; these data appear to be comparable to recidivism rates for other States. It appears that the salient factor score continues to accurately distinguish degrees of risk. Additional research requires an outcome measure that measures, more completely than revocation, postrelease outcome. Tabular data and graphs.