IMPACT OF THE GIDEON DECISION UPON CRIME AND SENTENCING IN FLORIDA, A STUDY OF RECIDIVISM AND SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE

• NCJ Number: 3028
• Author(s): C J EICHMAN
• Date Published: 1966
• Length: 84 pages
• Corporate Author: Florida Division of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

COMPARISON OF A GROUP OF INDIGENT INMATES RELEASED PREMATURELY AS A RESULT OF THE GIDEON DECISION WITH A CONTROL GROUP LEAVING PRISON AFTER SENTENCE EXPIRATION.

Abstract

THE GIDEON GROUP HAD A LOWER PRISON RETURN RATE THAN ITS COUNTERPART, AND DIFFERED SIGNIFICANTLY IN SOCIAL AND CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS. RESEARCH FINDINGS INDICATED THAT JUDGES HAVE NOT BECOME MORE PRONE TO USE INCARCERATION IN DISPOSING OF FELONY CASES SINCE THE SUPREME COURT DECIDED THE GIDEION CASE, AND THAT THE RULING INDIRECTLY RESULTED IN A RISE IN ROAD PRISON ESCAPE RATES.