EVALUATING WORK RELEASE AS A COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY

• NCJ Number: 37416
• Author(s): E H JOHNSON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections
• Sale Source: Southern Illinois University Ctr for the Study of Crime, Delinquency, and Corrections; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

STUDY OF NORTH CAROLINA'S WORK RELEASE PROGRAM TO EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL OF COMMUNITY BASED CORRECTIONS FOR SAFEGUARDING THE COMMUNITY FROM DANGEROUS OFFENDERS AND FOR REINTEGRATING PRISONERS INTO COMMUNITY LIFE.

Abstract

THE DATA EMPLOYED IN THE STUDY INCLUDE STATISTICS ON ALL NORTH CAROLINA PRISONERS PLACED ON WORK RELEASE FROM THE BEGINNING IN 1957 THROUGH 1963. THIS STATE WAS SELECTED FOR STUDY BECAUSE OF THE DEGREE TO WHICH THIS STRATEGY WAS APPLIED TO FELONS.