NCJ Number
112566
Date Published
1986
Length
2 pages
Annotation
This comparison of a recidivism analysis of 317 convicted felons on probation in Kentucky since 1982 with a 1985 Rand Corporation report of recidivism rates in California concludes that probation supervision appears to be relatively effective in containing or limiting recidivism.
Abstract
In both the Kentucky and Rand studies, the majority of offenders had been convicted of property crime, with an additional one-fourth serving a probation sentence for more violent crimes. In Kentucky, approximately 22 percent of the felony probationers were rearrested, and 18 percent of the total group were eventually convicted of a new crime. In contrast, the rearrest rate from the Rand research was 65 percent. An examination of types of crimes committed by felony probation recidivists in Kentucky found that misdemeanors and property felonies accounted for approximately 70 percent of rearrests and reconvictions. The report also breaks down recidivism results based on the original conviction offenses of felony probationers and compares these distributions to the Rand findings. Implications of the comparative study are explored. Tables and one reference.