SELECTION FOR PAROLE - A MANUAL OF PAROLE PREDICTION

• NCJ Number: 1997
• Author(s): L E OHLIN
• Date Published: 1951
• Length: 143 pages
• Sale Source: Russell Sage Foundation

Annotation

EXPERIMENTATION AND RESEARCH IN THE APPLICATION OF PAROLE PREDICTION METHODS IN ILLINOIS ARE SURVEYED.

Abstract

PAROLE IS A FORM OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE WHICH PERMITS A PRISONER TO LEAVE THE INSTITUTION AFTER HE HAS SERVED PART OF THE TERM IMPOSED UPON HIM BY THE COURT. A PRISONER SHOULD BE PLACED ON PAROLE AT THE MOMENT WHEN BOTH HE AND THE COMMUNITY COULD BENEFIT BY SUCH A STEP. PAROLE AUTHORITIES HAVE THREE MAIN FUNCTIONS, PLACE PRISONERS ON PAROLE, AND SUPERVISE THEM WHILE THEY REMAIN ON PAROLE, AND CURTAIL PAROLE AND RETURN THE OFFENDER TO THE INSTITUTION IF THE EXPERIMENT FAILS. THESE ILLINOIS MATERIALS (I.E. DATA ON 17,000 PAROLED PRISONERS) HAVE PERMITTED THE PREPARATION OF THE FIRST MANUAL ON PAROLE SELECTION IN WHICH THE THEORY AND METHODS OF PAROLE PREDICTION HAVE BEEN SET FORTH IN A FORM THAT CAN BE APPLIED IN OTHER STATES. 28 REFERENCES