DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPT OF CORRECTIONS - STUDY OF POST-RELEASE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER RELEASEES

• NCJ Number: 2443
• Author(s): C BARROS; V MCARTHUR
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 28 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE RATE AT WHICH WOMAN RELEASEES WERE RETURNED FOR NEW OFFENSES OR PAROLE VIOLATIONS.

Abstract

A FOLLOW-UP ON RELEASEES OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WOMEN'S DETENTION CENTER FOR A PERIOD OF EITHER 18 OR 24 MONTHS, AND A COMPARISON OF DEMOGRAPHIC DATA ON RECIDIVISTS AND NON-RECIDIVISTS. THE DEMOGRAPHIC COMPARISON INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS - RACE, EDUCATION, MARITAL STATUS, AGE AT FIRST ARREST, AGE AT RELEASE, NUMBER OF PRIOR BOOKINGS, AND DRUG HISTORY. A SEPARATE ANALYSIS OF WOMEN RETURNED TO THE CENTER MORE THAN ONCE IN THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD WAS MADE. BIBLIOGRAPHY