NCJ Number
27240
Journal
Journal of Criminal Justice Volume: 3 Issue: 1 Dated: (SPRING 1975) Pages: 47-57
Date Published
1975
Length
11 pages
Annotation
IN THIS STUDY, MALE AND FEMALE PAROLEES RELEASED IN 1970 WITH A TWO-YEAR FOLLOW-UP WERE COMPARED ON THREE BASIC FACTORS: PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES, TIME SERVED, AND PAROLE OUTCOME.
Abstract
THE STUDY SHOWED THAT THE TWO SEXES WERE SUBSTANTIALLY DIFFERENT IN FIVE COMMITMENT OFFENSES, PRIOR PRISON SENTENCES, AGE AT ADMISSION TO CONFINEMENT FROM WHICH PAROLED, AND ALCOHOL AND DRUG INVOLVEMENT; THEY WERE RELATIVELY SIMILAR IN THE PROPORTION OF PRIOR NON-PRISON SENTENCES. WOMEN, ON THE AVERAGE, SERVE LESS TIME IN PRISON BEFORE PAROLE THAN MEN. THE PROPORTION SUCCESSFULLY CONTINUED ON PAROLE IS THE SAME FOR BOTH SEXES. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)