PROFILE OF VIETNAM ERA VETERANS INCARCERATED IN MASSACHUSETTS CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS

• NCJ Number: 36190
• Author(s): J LANDOLFI; D P LECLAIR
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 24 pages
• Corporate Author: Massachusetts Dept of Correction
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMMITMENT, BACKGROUND, AND CRIMINAL HISTORY VARIABLES WERE COMPARED BETWEEN INCARCERATED VIETNAM-ERA VETERANS (ELEVEN PERCENT OF THE INMATE POPULATION) AND NON-VETERANS.

Abstract

THE DATA SHOW THAT THE VIETNAM VETERAN POPULATION WENT FURTHER IN SCHOOL AND TENDED TO EXHIBIT A LESS ACTIVE CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND THAN THE NON-VETERAN PRIOR TO THEIR PRESENT INCARCERATION. THIS RELATIVE LACK OF CRIMINAL HISTORY BACKGROUND DISTINGUISHES THE INCARCERATED VIETNAM ERA VETERAN FROM THE NON-VETERAN. FROM THE DATA DOCUMENTED IN THIS REPORT ONE MIGHT REACH THE CONCLUSION THAT THE INCARCERATED VIETNAM ERA VETERAN POPULATION REPRESENTS A FAIRLY STABLE GROUP OF INDIVIDUALS WITH A RELATIVELY HIGH REHABILITATIVE POTENTIAL. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)