HOW PERSISTENT IS POST-PRISON SUCCESS?

• NCJ Number: 41667
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Dated: (MARCH 1977) Pages: 9-15
• Author(s): H KITCHENER; A K SCHMIDT; D GLASER
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: Administrative Office of the United States Courts
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN 18-YEAR FOLLOWUP OF 1956 FEDERAL PRISON RELEASEES INDICATES THAT THEIR RATE OF RETURN TO PRISON INCREASED MARKEDLY IN THEIR SECOND YEAR OUT, AND ALSO ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY FOR THREE YEARS THEREAFTER.

Abstract

THE CRUCIAL PERIOD FOR FAILURE SEEMED TO BE BETWEEN 1 AND 2 YEARS AFTER RELEASE, WITH 20 PERCENT OF ALL FAILURES IN 18 YEARS OCCURRING BETWEEN 12 AND 16 MONTHS AFTER RELEASE AND THE FIRST 2 YEARS ACCOUNTING FOR OVER HALF OF THE TOTAL FAILURES. AFTER 5 YEARS, FOUR-FIFTHS OF THOSE WHO WOULD FAIL DURING 18 YEARS HAD ALREADY DONE SO AND AT 10 YEARS THE FAILURE RATE WAS 94 PERCENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...TWH