NCJ Number
5312
Journal
JOURNAL OF CRIMINAL LAW, CRIMINOLOGY AND POLICE SCIENCE Volume: 61 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1970) Pages: 60-70
Date Published
1970
Length
11 pages
Annotation
STUDY DETERMINED THAT THE INCARCERATED MURDERER APPEARS TO HAVE A LOWER 'CRIMINALITY LEVEL' THAN THE INCARCERATED NON-MURDERER.
Abstract
'WITH A GROUP OF INCARCERATED NON-MURDERERS IN TERMS OF PREVIOUS INCARCERATIONS AND ADJUSTMENT ON PREVIOUS SENTENCES SERVED. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT MURDERS WERE LESS LIKELY THAN NON-MURDERERS TO HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED AND THIS DIFFERENCE WAS MAINTAINED WHEN CONTROLLED FOR RACE, AGE, AND INTELLIGENCE. FOR THOSE WHO HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY INCARCERATED, ADJUSTMENT ON PREVIOUS SENTENCES WAS ANALYZED AND IT WAS FOUND THAT MURDERERS WERE LESS LIKELY TO HAVE HAD ESCAPES OR INFRACTIONS THAN NON-MURDERERS. THIS DIFFERENTIAL WAS MAINTAINED WHEN CONTROLLED FOR RACE AND NUMBER OF PREVIOUS INCARCERATIONS, HOWEVER, ONE OF THE SECOND ORDER TABLES FAILED TO REACH STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE. WHEN THE MURDER GROUP WAS DIVIDED INTO FOUR CATEGORIES OF HOMICIDE THERE WAS AN INVERSE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE DEGREE OF HOMICIDE AND THE PERCENTAGE HAVING NO PREVIOUS INCARCERATIONS.' (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)