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Recidivism Among Young Parolees: a Study of Inmates Released from Prison in 22 States, 1978

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: This study examines the criminal activities of a group of young offenders after their release from prison to parole supervision. Previous studies have examined recidivism using arrests as the principal measure, whereas this study examines a variety of factors, including length of incarceration, age, sex, race, prior arrest record, prosecutions, length of time between parole and rearrest, parolees not prosecuted for new offenses but having their parole revoked, rearrests in states other than the ... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08673.v2

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