NCJ Number
202838
Date Published
May 2003
Length
7 pages
Annotation
This report presents recidivism data on Oregon cohorts of parolees for 12 months, 24 months, and 36 months after release, beginning with cohorts released in 1987 and ending with cohorts released in 2001 (recidivism data cover only 12 months after release); similar data on probationers begin in 1990.
Abstract
For parolees, a "release cohort" consists of all individuals who were committed to prison or local control for the first time during the current custody cycle and who were released to parole or post-prison supervision status during the same 6-month period. For probationers, an admission cohort consists of all individuals who were sentenced for the first time to felony probation during the same 6-month period. For parolees, "recidivism" is defined as "the total percentage of a release cohort that was convicted of any felony at any time within the specified number of months following release from prison." For probationers, "recidivism" is defined as "the total percentage of an admission cohort that was convicted of any felony at any time within the specified number of months after beginning probation." After presenting separate recidivism statistics for all parolee and all probationer cohorts for each year and for each follow-up period, these probationer and parolee recidivism statistics are broken down for female offenders, White offenders, Black offenders, Hispanic offenders, offenders of other races, and various offender age groups. 7 tables