Focusing on High-Risk Parolees: An Experiment to Reduce Commitments to the Texas Department of Corrections

Presents the result of an experiment conducted to assess the effects of Intensive Supervision Parole (ISP), a Texas Board of Pardons and Parolees (TBPP) program whose primary objective is to help alleviate prison crowding. Goal of the ISP project; Characteristics of the evaluation; Evaluation result...

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Main Author: Turner, Susan 1954- (Author)
Contributors: Petersilia, Joan 1951-2019
Format: Electronic/Print Article
Language:English
Published: 1992
In: Journal of research in crime and delinquency
Year: 1992, Volume: 29, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-61
Online Access: Volltext (doi)
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Summary:Presents the result of an experiment conducted to assess the effects of Intensive Supervision Parole (ISP), a Texas Board of Pardons and Parolees (TBPP) program whose primary objective is to help alleviate prison crowding. Goal of the ISP project; Characteristics of the evaluation; Evaluation results; Why the ISP prison recommitment rate higher; Findings in the experiment; Conclusions
ISSN:0022-4278
DOI:10.1177/0022427892029001003