NCJ Number
14307
Date Published
Unknown
Length
8 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF CHARACTERISTICS SUCH AS OFFENSE, HISTORY OF DELINQUENCY, MEDICAL PROBLEMS, HOME ENVIRONMENT, EMPLOYMENT, AND PAROLE PROCESS.
Abstract
DURING THE PERIOD OF 1963 THROUGH 1965, 150 MEN WERE RANDOMLY SELECTED WHO HAD BEEN EVALUATED AT THE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER. THE MEN SELECTED HAD EITHER BEEN REFERRED TO THE CENTER AS NEW COURT COMMITMENTS, PAROLE VIOLATORS WITH NEW CONVICTIONS, OR WERE RE-ENTERING THE PRISON SYSTEM BECAUSE OF REVOCATION OF PROBATION. SIXTYONE PERCENT OF THE SAMPLE GROUP WERE UNDER 26 YEARS OLD. THE MAJORITY OF THE MEN, 51 PERCENT, WERE SENTENCED FOR BURGLARY AND THEFT, HAD PLEADED GUILTY, AND INDICATED THAT THEY HAD COMMITTED THEIR CRIMES ALONE. THIRTY-SEVEN PERCENT HAD BEEN IN THE STATE OF THEIR INCARCERATION DURING THEIR ENTIRE LIVES. FORTY PERCENT HAD A HISTORY OF DELINQUENCY AND 39 PERCENT HAD SERIOUS MEDICAL PROBLEMS. THE MAJORITY OF THE INMATES CAME FROM LARGE, BROKEN FAMILIES, AND MOST OF THE MEN HAD POOR EMPLOYMENT HISTORIES. SIXTY PERCENT OF THE INMATES WERE WRITTEN UP FOR DISCIPLINARY INFRACTIONS. MOST OF THE MEN WERE GRANTED PAROLE ON FIRST HEARING. THE PSYCHIATRIC STAFF'S ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION OF THE OFFENDERS, SHOWED THAT 83 PERCENT NEEDED A STRUCTURED LIVING SITUATION.