NCJ Number
44269
Date Published
1977
Length
20 pages
Annotation
STATISTICS ON JUVENILES RELEASED FROM JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN WISCONSIN FROM 1968 THROUGH 1976 ARE PRESENTED IN 19 TABLES.
Abstract
THIRTEEN OF THE TABLES PRESENT DATA ON BOYS AND GIRLS RELEASED DURING CALENDAR YEAR 1976. INCLUDED ARE STATISTICS ON TYPES OF RELEASE (FIRST RELEASE, SECOND OR SUBSEQUENT RELEASE, DIRECT DISCHARGE, DISCHARGE BY COURT ORDER, DEATH), AND ON TYPE OF RELEASE TO AFTERCARE SUPERVISION (FIRST OF RERELEASE) FOR BOYS AND GIRLS BY COUNTY, MONTHS IN INSTITUTION, AGE AT RELEASE, RACE, INSTITUTIONAL ADJUSTMENT, MARITAL STATUS OF PARENTS, SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL, EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS, VOCATIONAL PROGRESS, INSTITUTION, AND LIVING ARRANGEMENT BEFORE ADMISSION AND AFTER RELEASE. OTHER TABLES PRESENT DATA ON THE FOLLOWING: FIRST RELEASES AND RERELEASES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS IN MILWAUKEE AND ALL OTHER COUNTIES FOR 1968 THROUGH 1976; SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF FIRST-RELEASED AND RERELEASED BOYS AND GIRLS FOR 1972 THROUGH 1976; AND CHARACTERISTICS OF JUVENILES DIRECTLY DISCHARGED OR DISCHARGED BY COURT ORDER DURING 1976. BRIEF NARRATIVE INTERPRETATIONS ACCOMPANY THE FOUR TABLES SHOWING CHARACTERISTICS OF RELEASED JUVENILES FOR 1972-76.