NCJ Number
59056
Date Published
1978
Length
230 pages
Annotation
EIGHT STUDIES PERFORMED UNDER THE AEGIS OF THE U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION RESEARCH UNIT DURING 1977 AND 1978 ARE REPORTED.
Abstract
THE STUDIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: (1) STATISTICS INDICATIVE OF WORKLOAD AND DECISION TRENDS FOR THE U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION FOR OCTOBER 1974 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1976 (NO INTERPRETATION); (2) A REVISED VERSION OF THE MANUAL USED BY THE COMMISSION IN COMPUTING A PAROLE APPLICANT'S SALIENT FACTOR SCORE (AN ACTUARIAL DEVICE USED AS A DECISIONMAKING AID); (3) A VALIDATION TEST OF THE SALIENT FACTOR SCORE AS A PREDICTIVE DEVICE (WITH THREE DIFFERENT VALIDATION SAMPLES OF FEDERAL RELEASEES); (4) A MANUAL TO FACILITATE APPLICATION OF THE COMMISSION'S PAROLE DECISIONMAKING GUIDELINES; (5) A 6-YEAR FOLLOWUP STUDY OF THE POSTRELEASE ARREST EXPERIENCES OF FEDERAL PRISONERS; (6) COMMISSION WORKLOAD AND DECISION STATISTICS FOR OCTOBER 1974 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 1977 (AGAIN WITHOUT INTERPRETATION); (7) A STUDY OF THE IMPACT OF CHOICE OF CRITERION MEASURE AND LENGTH OF FOLLOWUP PERIOD ON RATE OF RECIDIVISM REPORTED; AND (8) A MANUAL TO GUIDE THE CODING OF DATA ON COMMISSION DECISIONS. SEE NCJ-59055 FOR REPORTS OF 12 RESEARCH UNIT STUDIES CONDUCTED IN 1974, 1975, AND 1976. (LKM)