NCJ Number
48914
Date Published
1974
Length
126 pages
Annotation
USING DEMOGRAPHIC, PAROLE, AND FOLLOWUP INFORMATION, THE ROLE OF TRAINING AND EDUCATION EFFORTS IN THE PAROLE SUCCESS OF 111 MATCHED PAIRS OF PAROLEES FROM THE UTAH STATE PRISON IS EVALUATED.
Abstract
TWO SETS OF 111 PAROLED INMATES WERE DIVIDED INTO TREATMENT AND CONTROL GROUPS. THE TREATMENT GROUP CONSISTED OF INMATES WHO HAD COMPLETED MANPOWER AND DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT PROGRAMS AND THE CONTROL GROUP WAS MADE UP OF PRISONERS WHO HAD NOT RECEIVED SUCH TRAINING OR WHO HAD NOT SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED ONE OF THE FIVE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION/TRAINING PROGRAMS. THE TWO GROUPS WERE MATCHED ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING VARIABLES: AGE, TYPE OF CRIME, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES, AND PARENTAL OCCUPATION. BOTH GROUPS WERE COMPARED USING THE FOLLOWING EIGHT VARIABLES OF PAROLE BEHAVIOR: (1) RECIDIVISM, (2) NUMBER OF CRIMES COMMITTED, (3) NUMBER OF FELONIES COMMITTED, (4) NUMBER OF MISDEMEANORS COMMITTED, (5) EMPLOYMENT RECORD, (6) RANGE OF SALARY, (7) INCARCERATION STATUS, AND (8) ALIVE OR DEAD. THE SAMPLE POPULATION HAD BEEN ON PAROLE FOR AT LEAST 1 YEAR PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF THE STUDY. COMPARISONS WERE MADE ON THE BASIS OF Z SCORES COMPUTED USING THE MCNEMAR FORMULA FOR THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TWO CORRELATED PROPORTIONS. STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE BETWEEN GROUP DIFFERENCES WAS FOUND FOR THE RECIDIVISM RATE, THE NUMBER OF CRIMES COMMITTED, THE NUMBER OF FELONIES COMMITTED, AND EMPLOYMENT RATES. IN ALL OF THESE INSTANCES, THE RESULTS WERE IN FAVOR OF THE TREATMENT GROUP. NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES WERE FOUND FOR THE VARIABLES OF MORE THAN ONE CRIME COMMITTED, NUMBER OF MISDEMEANORS COMMITTED, SALARY RANGE, INCARCERATION RATE, AND ALIVE OR DEAD. IT IS CONCLUDED THAT FOR SPECIFIC PAROLE VARIABLES, THERE WAS A GREATER SUCCESS FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVED TRAINING THAN FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT. AN INTRODUCTION TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING AND PENOLOGY ISSUES IS PROVIDED. A REVEIW OF SELECTED LITERATURE IS INCLUDED. THE STUDY METHODOLOGY AND RESULTS ARE DETAILED. FINDINGS ARE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE STUDIES ARE PROVIDED. A BIBLIOGRAPHY IS INCLUDED AND VARIOUS ITEMS APPENDED INCLUDE A PROBATION REPORT FORM, AN INMATE BIOGRAPHICAL AND ADMITTANCE STATEMENT, GENERAL APTITUDE TEST BATTERY REPORT FOMS, A FOLLOWUP LETTER AND QUESTIONNAIRE, SALARY RANGES AND STATISTICAL FINDINGS GENERATED BY THE MCNEMAR PAIRS FORMULA, AND UTAH'S PROBATION AND PAROLE PERMANENT FILE INDEX CARD FORM. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED--KBL)