NCJ Number
3450
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 9 Issue: 2 Dated: (APRIL 1963) Pages: 173-179
Date Published
1963
Length
8 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF THE PAROLE SELECTION AND RELEASE WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE PROCEDURES OF THE INDIANA PAROLE BOARD.
Abstract
THROUGH ILLUSTRATION, IT IS CONTENDED THAT PAROLE SELECTION AND RELEASE OCCUR WITHIN BOTH A FORMAL SYSTEM OF RULES, REGULATIONS, STATUTES, AND NORMS AND AN INFORMAL SYSTEM OF ATTITUDES, PUBLIC SENTIMENT, AND VALUES, AND THAT THE INTERACTION OF THESE TWO SYSTEMS FORMS THE BASIS FOR THE PAROLE BOARD'S DECISION. AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED