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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Autores principales: Turner, Susan 1954- (Autor) ; Petersilia, Joan 1951-2019 (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 1992
En: Journal of research in crime and delinquency
Año: 1992, Volumen: 29, Número: 1, Páginas: 34-61
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Sumario: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