EARLY RELEASE FROM INCARCERATION - RACE AS A FACTOR IN THE USE OF 'SHOCK PROBATION'

• NCJ Number: 19381
• Journal: Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology Volume: 66 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1975) Pages: 79-87
• Author(s): D M PETERSON; P C FRIDAY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 9 pages
• Grant Number(s): 380-00-J-70
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

LEGAL AND NONLEGAL VARIABLES THAT DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THOSE PRISONERS WHO ARE RELEASED ON PROBATION BY THE COURTS AFTER A PERIOD OF SHORT-TERM INCARCERATION AND THOSE WHO REMAIN IMPRISONED.

Abstract

DATA TO DETERMINE THE VARIABLES WHICH DIFFERENTIATED BETWEEN THOSE FELONS WHO RECEIVED EARLY RELEASES AND THOSE WHO REMAINED IN THE INSTITUTION WERE COLLECTED AT A MEDIUM SECURITY PRISON FOR MALE OFFENDERS BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIXTEEN AND THIRTY. THE SAMPLE DESIGN INCLUDED ALL PERSONS GRANTED EARLY RELEASE FROM PRISON. THE FOLLOWING NONLEGAL VARIABLES WERE FOUND TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY RELEASE - RACE, EDUCATION, FATHER'S EDUCATION AND LEGAL RESIDENCE, AND THE LEGAL VARIABLES FOUND WERE PROBATION DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION, OFFENSE, PRIOR RECORD, NUMBER OF BILLS OF INDICTMENT AND PLEA.