The youths represented random samples from two cohorts, those paroled between July 1981 and June 1982 and those paroled between July 1986 and June 1987. Subjects were between 19 and 20 years of age at the time of release. Death certificate records included all deaths recorded in California during the period prior to December 31, 1992. Exposure periods, or time at risk of death, were about 11 years and 6 years for the two cohorts, respectively. Known deaths for the two cohorts totaled 177 for 3,995 male offenders in the two samples (4.4 percent). These deaths included 106 for 1,998 males in the 1981-1982 sample and 71 for 1,997 males in the 1986-1987 sample. Homicide was the prevailing cause of death for both cohorts, accounting for 65 percent and 48 percent of deaths in the two samples, respectively. Higher death rates were not associated with a violent arrest record or with evidence of gang involvement. Interactions between race and geographic region were observed; namely, among those from Los Angeles, blacks had higher mortality rates than non-blacks. 1 table and 1 figure
Victimization of Offenders: Death of Youthful Parolees (From Nature of Homicide: Trends and Changes - Proceedings of the 1996 Meeting of the Homicide Research Working Group, Santa Monica, California, P 158-160, 1996, Pamela K Lattimore and Cynthia A Nahabedian, eds. - See NCJ-166149)
NCJ Number
168583
Date Published
1996
Length
3 pages
Annotation
Mortality data were gathered from California Vital Statistics for more than 4,000 youths paroled by the California Youth Authority during the 1980's.
Abstract