Add to ORKGLike many other states, Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower its prison costs. To better understand the number and types of persons being released from prison to parole, the authors recently requested and received from the Kentucky Department of Corrections a data file that contained information on all prisoners. They also interviewed prisoners, parolees, and prison and parole staff. The analysis of these records and interviews found no difference in recidivism based on a prisoner’s length of stay. Put differently, no crime reduction gains are achieved by either extending or reducing the period of a prisoner’s imprisonment. As of January 2003, this study has contributed to the immediate release of...
Every year new criminal laws are passed in Kentucky Government. Lobbyist and groups form coalitions...
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertain...
Research on jail finances in the United States, in general, and Kentucky, specifically, has been lac...
Like many other states, Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to l...
As of 2003, nearly every state in the country is in budget crisis, looking to cut spending or raise ...
Like many other states, Kentucky currently faces a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower...
Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower its prison and comm...
State and federal prison populations have grown dramatically in the past thirty years. In 2007, the ...
Over the past 30 years, many states have abolished parole boards, which traditionally have had the d...
The objective of this article is to cast some light on corrections system problems brought on by ele...
As agencies comprising the criminal justice system attempt to fulfill their organizational roles, th...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. Justice, Law and Society. American UniversityOver the past thirty years the U....
Iowa offenders paroled from prison are significantly less likely to return to prison for a new convi...
Although many prisoners have been released into society without regards to monitoring post release s...
The primary purpose of this article is to scrutinize Kentucky\u27s ever-increasing reliance on local...
Every year new criminal laws are passed in Kentucky Government. Lobbyist and groups form coalitions...
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertain...
Research on jail finances in the United States, in general, and Kentucky, specifically, has been lac...
Like many other states, Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to l...
As of 2003, nearly every state in the country is in budget crisis, looking to cut spending or raise ...
Like many other states, Kentucky currently faces a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower...
Kentucky is currently facing a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower its prison and comm...
State and federal prison populations have grown dramatically in the past thirty years. In 2007, the ...
Over the past 30 years, many states have abolished parole boards, which traditionally have had the d...
The objective of this article is to cast some light on corrections system problems brought on by ele...
As agencies comprising the criminal justice system attempt to fulfill their organizational roles, th...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. Justice, Law and Society. American UniversityOver the past thirty years the U....
Iowa offenders paroled from prison are significantly less likely to return to prison for a new convi...
Although many prisoners have been released into society without regards to monitoring post release s...
The primary purpose of this article is to scrutinize Kentucky\u27s ever-increasing reliance on local...
Every year new criminal laws are passed in Kentucky Government. Lobbyist and groups form coalitions...
Early release procedures will likely become increasingly necessary during a time of fiscal uncertain...
Research on jail finances in the United States, in general, and Kentucky, specifically, has been lac...