NCJ Number
27365
Journal
REVUE PENITENTIARE ET DE DROIT PENAL Volume: 98 Issue: 3 Dated: (JULY-SEPTEMBER 1974) Pages: 473-484
Date Published
1974
Length
12 pages
Annotation
A STUDY OF THE RECORDS OF 256 MULTIRECIDIVISTS IN GREAT BRITAIN FOUND THAT THERE WERE 50 PERCENT LESS SUBSEQUENT SENTENCES AMONG THOSE WHO HAD ALREADY SERVED A LONG TERM OF IMPRISONMENT.
Abstract
THE OLDER AN OFFENDER WAS, THE LESS LIKELY HE WAS TO RECIDIVATE IN SPITE OF THE FACT HE HAD SERVED A LONG PERIOD OF INCARCERATION. INCLUDED ARE THE STATISTICS USED IN THE STUDY. --IN FRENCH