ABSCONDERS FROM THE MISDEMEANANT WORK-RELEASE PROGRAM - PRELIMINARY STUDY

• NCJ Number: 11043
• Author(s): D D STEWART
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: District of Columbia Dept of Corrections
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CHARACTERISTICS OF ABSCONDERS FROM THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WORK RELEASE PROGRAM FOR MISDEMEANANT OFFENDERS.

Abstract

OF THE 294 PARTICIPANTS IN THE D.C. WORK RELEASE PROGRAM FOR MISDEMEANANT OFFENDERS, THERE WERE 36 ABSCONDERS. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE DRUG OFFENSE AMONG THE ABSCONDERS, THE DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR OFFENSES WAS COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE OTHER MISDEMEANANTS. ALL OF THE ABSCONDERS WERE SERVING TERMS OF AT LEAST 30 DAYS. ONE POSSIBLE EXPLANATION IS THAT A PERSON SERVING A SHORT SENTENCE MAY NOT BE TEMPTED TO ABSCOND SINCE HIS RELEASE DATE IS COMPARATIVELY CLOSE AT HAND. A SIZABLE PROPORTION OF THE ABSCONDERS WERE SKILLED WORKERS, AND THEIR WEEKLY INCOME WAS AT LEAST 90 DOLLARS.