NCJ Number
8925
Date Published
Unknown
Length
31 pages
Annotation
STUDY TO DETERMINE WHETHER JUVENILES WOULD ADJUST AS WELL ON PAROLE WITHOUT FORMAL SUPERVISION AS A CORRESPONDING GROUP RECEIVING CONVENTIONAL PAROLE SUPERVISION.
Abstract
THIS IS A SUMMARY REPORT OF A STUDY WHICH EXAMINED PAROLE OUTCOMES RESULTING FROM DIFFERENT DEGREES OF SUPERVISION GIVEN TO JUVENILES WHO WERE RELEASED FROM CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN MINNESOTA. ANOTHER OBJECTIVE WAS TO IDENTIFY THE NATURE, AMOUNT, AND TYPE OF HELP SOUGHT AND RECEIVED BY THESE YOUTHS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SETTING AFTER PAROLE RELEASE. THE PERSONAL AND SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE POPULATION OF PAROLEES RELEASED FROM THE TWO MAJOR DELINQUENCY INSTITUTIONS IN MINNESOTA WERE TRACED OVER THE COURSE OF A TEN-MONTH PERIOD. IT WAS FOUND THAT EXPOSURE TO PAROLE SUPERVISION DID NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT POSITIVE IMPACT UPON PAROLE ADJUSTMENT. WITHIN THE GROUP OF BOYS, SIGNIFICANTLY MORE CONTROL GROUP MEMBERS (AS COMPARED TO UNSUPERVISED YOUTHS) HAD PAROLE REVOKED DURING THE TEN-MONTH FOLLOW-UP. WITHIN THE GROUP OF GIRLS A SIMILAR BUT NOT STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT TENDENCY WAS APPARENT. THE DATA ALSO INDICATED THAT BOTH THE CONTROL GROUP AND THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP TURNED TO CLOSE RELATIVES AND PEERS RATHER THAN PROFESSIONALS FOR AID IN SOLVING THEIR PROBLEMS. (SNI ABSTRACT)