NCJ Number
59055
Date Published
1976
Length
215 pages
Annotation
TWELVE STUDIES CONDUCTED UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION RESEARCH UNIT IN 1974, 1975, AND 1976 ARE REPORTED.
Abstract
THE STUDY REPORTS COVER THE FOLLOWING: A PILOT TEST OF PROCEDURES FOR ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW OF PAROLE GRANT/ REVOCATION DECISIONS; CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF THE SALIENT FACTOR SCORE, AN ACTUARIAL DEVICE USED BY THE U.S. PAROLE BOARD AS A DECISIONMAKING AID; THE EFFECTS OF REPRESENTATION (CASEWORKER, SPOUSE, FRIEND, PARENT, ETC.) ON THE OUTCOMES OF PAROLE HEARINGS; CODING FORMS FOR GATHERING DATA ON PAROLE DECISIONS; EFFORTS BY THE U.S. PAROLE BOARD TO STRUCTURE DISCRETIONARY DECISIONMAKING; AND THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN TIME SERVED AND POSTRELEASE PERFORMANCE. OTHER REPORTS INCLUDE ARGUMENTS FOR USING GUIDELINES (AS OPPOSED TO MANDATORY SENTENCES) TO MINIMIZE SENTENCING DISPARITY, FURTHER TESTING OF THE SALIENT FACTOR SCORE, A MANUAL TO GUIDE COMPUTATION OF THE SCORE, AN EVALUATION OF THE U.S. PAROLE BOARD'S DECISIONMAKING GUIDELINES IN THEIR FIRST 3 YEARS OF USE, WORKLOAD AND DECISIONMAKING STATISTICS FOR THE PAROLE BOARD'S FIRST FULL YEAR UNDER REGIONALIZATION, AND CHANGES IN THE TYPES OF OFFENDERS (I.E., THE SEVERITY OF THEIR OFFENSES) APPLYING FOR PAROLE. THE REPORTS ON HEARING REPRESENTATION, PAROLE DECISIONMAKING GUIDELINES, AND TYPES OF OFFENDERS ARE ABSTRACTED SEPARATELY IN NCJ-53712-53714. SEE NCJ-59056 FOR REPORTS OF EIGHT RESEARCH UNIT STUDIES CONDUCTED IN 1977 AND 1978. (LKM)