MISUSE OF ABSENCE, A STUDY OF OFFENSES COMMITTED BY ABSENT INMATES, INMATES OVERDUE BACK FROM ABSENCE, OR INMATES WHO HAVE ESCAPED - DENMARK

• NCJ Number: 31174
• Author(s): O INGSTRUP
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: Denmark Ministry of Justice
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Country: Denmark

Annotation

THE STUDY COVERED 1,292 INMATES WHO WERE RELEASED OR TRANSFERRED FROM 12 DANISH PRISONS IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1973 AND WHO HAD AT LEAST ONE UNATTENDED ABSENCE OR WHO ESCAPED DURING THAT PERIOD.

Abstract

MISUSE OF ABSENCE WAS DEFINED, FOR PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY, AS EITHER THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME WHILE ABSENT, FAILURE TO RETURN OR THE COMMISSION OF A CRIME WHILE OVERDUE BACK FROM ABSENCE. THERE WERE 7,302 AUTHORIZED ABSENCES AND 95 CASES (OR 1.3 PERCENT) OF MISUSE DURING THE PERIOD. A TOTAL OF 85 INMATES OUT OF THE 1,292 (OR 6.6 PERCENT) WERE GUILTY OF MISUSE OF ABSENCE DURING THE PERIOD. TABLES GIVE THE STATISTICS INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. FEATURED IN THE TABLES ARE STATISTICS ON HOW MANY NIGHTS THE VARIOUS INMATES WERE ABSENT UNATTENDED. STATISTICS ARE ALSO GIVEN ON MISUSE OF ABSENCE BROKEN DOWN BY AGE GROUPS AND ON THE TYPES OF OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE ABSENT FROM PRISON. --IN DANISH