Success Statistics on Those Released According to Paragraphs 88, 89 of the Juvenile Justice Code on Two- and Three-Year Probation in 1976 and on Two-Year Probation in 1977 from the Juvenile Corrections Facility Laufen-Lebenau

• NCJ Number: 85669
• Journal: Bewaehrungshilfe Volume: 28 Issue: 1 Dated: (1981) Pages: 56-64
• Author(s): P Holleis
• Date Published: 1981
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

An attempt was begun in 1977 to document the number of parole revocations of offenders released from Laufen-Lebenau, a West German juvenile corrections facility housing first offenders with low seriousness offenses.

Abstract

The study examined if milieu, age upon release, and the time to be served under parole affect parole outcome. A total of 230 paroled juveniles were studied: 56 and 170 released in 1976 on 2-year and 3-year parole respectively and 23 3-year parolees released in 1977. Results showed that parole was revoked in 70 percent of the cases; half of these were due to new offenses committed within 6 months of release and one-third to offenses committed within 3 months. Higher age appeared more conducive to successful parole: no 14 or 15-year-olds completed their parole, while 14 percent of 16-year-olds and 25 percent of 17-year-olds did so, as did 33 percent of those 18 and older. Although all failed 16-year-olds were released to juvenile homes, failures in other age groups came from family and other types of release milieus. Length of the imposed parole did not appear significant. Tabular data and footnotes are given.