VICTORIAN AND INTERSTATE TRENDS IN PROBATION AND PAROLE ACTIVITY, AND PRISON MORTALITY - AUSTRALIA

• NCJ Number: 61599
• Author(s): M K ROOK; M DEMETRIOUS
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 17 pages
• Corporate Author: Australian Social Welfare Dept
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: OFFICE OF RESEARCH & SOCIAL POLICY - OCCASIONAL PAPER

Annotation

THIS AUSTRALIAN PAPER ANALYZES TRENDS IN VICTORIAN PROBATION AND PAROLE ACTIVITY FOR THE PERIOD 1967-68 TO 1976-77 AND COMPARES PROBATION AND PAROLE ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE AUSTRALIAN STATES FOR 1975-76.

Abstract

IN ORDER TO PRESENT A COMPREHENSIVE PICTURE OF TRENDS IN PROBATION AND PAROLE IN VICTORIA, THE NUMBER OF ADULT OFFENDERS PLACED ON PROBATION AND THE NUMBER OF ADULT PAROLE RELEASES ARE COMPARED TO BOTH THE NUMBER OF CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED AND THE DAILY AVERAGE PRISON POPULATION FOR THE 10-YEAR PERIOD. THE RESULTS OF REGRESSION ANALYSIS SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED DROPPED BY 48.8 PERCENT DURING THIS SAME PERIOD. THE DAILY AVERAGE PRISON POPULATION ALSO DECREASED BY 36.6 PERCENT IN THIS PERIOD. REGRESSION ANALYSIS FURTHER SHOWS THAT THE PROPORTION OF PAROLE RELEASES PER 100 CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED INCREASED BY 97.2 PERCENT OVER THE 10-YEAR SPAN. THE REPORT COMPARES PROBATION AND PAROLE ACTIVITY FOR EACH OF THE STATES IN RELATION TO THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES: THE NUMBER OF CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED, THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS PLACED ON ADULT PROBATION, THE NUMBER OF ADULT PAROLE CANCELLATIONS. A FURTHER COMPARISON IS MADE BETWEEN THE STATES IN THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS RELEASED ON ADULT PAROLE PER 100 CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED, THE NUMBER OF OFFENDERS PLACED ON ADULT PAROLE PER 100 CONVICTED PRISONERS RECEIVED, AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PAROLE RELEASES CANCELLED. TABLES AND FOOTNOTES ARE INCLUDED.