PAROLE IN ENGLAND AND WALES

• NCJ Number: 20640
• Author(s): C P NUTTALL; E E BARNARD; A J FOWLES; A FROST; W H HAMMOND; P MAYHEW; K PEASE
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 95 pages
• Corporate Author: Her Majesty's Stationery Office
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United Kingdom

Annotation

ASSESSMENT OF THE OPERATIONS AND OUTCOME OF A PAROLE SCHEME IN OPERATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES SINCE 1968 WHICH ALLOWS PRISONERS SERVING SENTENCES OF OVER 18 MONTHS TO BE PAROLED EARLIER THAN THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE.

Abstract

THE REPORT DESCRIBES THE PAROLE SYSTEM, THE CONTRIBUTION OF RESEARCH TO PAROLE ADMINISTRATION, AND THE DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A METHOD FOR PREDICTING RECIDIVISM AMONG EARLY PAROLEES. A REVIEW OF THE USES OF THE PREDICTION SYSTEM IS UNDERTAKEN AS ARE EXAMINATIONS OF PRISONERS' REFUSALS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR PAROLE AND THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD THE PAROLE SCHEME. INCIDENCE AND TYPES OF FAILURES DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO FAILED ARE ANALYZED. A BRIEF EVALUATION OF THE PAROLE SCHEME IS ALSO INCLUDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...EB