Prison Parolees

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This paper presents a literature review regarding the return of parolees to prisons in California. The paper states that California has one of the highest return rates in America and therefore, the study aims to develop methods by which parolees who commit non-violent violations are provided sanctions other than prison terms and are provided opportunities to improve their lives to reduce the rate of recidivism.

From the Paper:

"Drug and alcohol treatment programs are often a condition of parole but the system needs to be changed so that a violation based on a failed drug or alcohol test does not send the parolee back to prison. Instead, the parolee should be mandated to attend additional treatment for the substance abuse problem and enter psychological counseling to try and determine what is causing that person to continue drug use. In the research mentioned earlier the parolees indicated that the more they associate with old friends the more frequently they take part in forbidden activities and get sent back to prison. Hanging out with old friends is an evidenced trigger to returning to prison according to one study. The study asked how many times a week the parolee hangs out with old friends."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Fisher, James (2005) The reentry process: how parolees adjust to release from prison. Fathering. Cormier, Robert B (1996) The prediction of recidivism among federally sentenced offenders: a re-validation of the SIR scale. (Statistical Information on Recidivism) Canadian Journal of Criminology; 1/1/1996; Cormier, Robert B. Mark Martin, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau Saturday, September 10, 2005 http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/09/10/MNGK9ELMNU1.DTL Hirschi, T. (1969). Causes of delinquency. Berkeley: University of California Press. Horney, J., Osgood, D.W., & Marshall, I.H. (1995). Criminal careers in the short-term: Intra-individual variability in crime and its relation to local life circumstances. American Sociological Review, 60,655-673. Hughes, T., Wilson, D.J., & Beck, A.J. (2001). Trends in state parole, 1990-2000. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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