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Impact of Probation and Parole Populations on Arrests in Four California Cities

NCJ Number
241067
Date Published
January 2013
Length
52 pages
Annotation
This study examined the extent of crime committed by parolee or probationers.
Abstract
This study examines the extent that people on probation and parole contribute to crime as measured by arrests. Key findings in these four jurisdictions show that the majority of all adult felony and misdemeanor arrests were of people who were not currently under supervision; people under supervision accounted for only 22 percent of total arrests; whereas people under probation and parole supervision accounted for one out of every six arrests for violent crimes, they accounted for one out of every three drug arrests; during a 3.5 year period in which total arrests fell by 18 percent, the number of arrests involving individuals under parole supervision declined by 61 percent and by 26 percent for individuals under probation supervision. The chiefs of the Los Angeles, Redlands, Sacramento, and San Francisco Police Departments commissioned the analysis in 2010. Data were collected from 11 independent agencies, including four local police jurisdictions, county law enforcement and probation agencies, two county sheriffs' departments and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR); researchers collected and matched more than 2.5 million arrest, parole, and probation records generated between January 1, 2008 and June 11, 2011.

Sponsoring Agency
Rosenberg Foundation
Address

210 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States

Public Welfare Foundation
Address

1200 U Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009-4443, United States

Pew Center on the States
Address

901 E St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, DC, 20004-1409, United States

Fund for Nonviolence
Address

303 Potrero St. #54, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States

Corporate Author
Council of State Governments Justice Center
Address

100 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, United States

Sale Source
Council of State Governments Justice Center
Address

100 Wall Street, 20th Floor, New York, NY 10005, United States

Publication Format
Web Page/Site
Publication Type
Report (Study/Research)
Language
English
Country
United States of America