The Risks and Needs of the Returning Prisoner Population

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ID4829969
AutoresJames Austin (0000-0002-9214-8795, George Washington University), Patricia L Hardyman
Ano2004
Volume21
Fascículo1
Páginas13-29
Data de publicação2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoReview of Policy Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1541-132X • E-ISSN: 1541-1338
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1541-1338.2004.00055.x
OpenAlexW2154469168
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas19
Referências citadas12

There is a growing interest in the threat posed by the increase in the number of prisoners released from prison each year. Some have argued that unless new services and programs are funded, the increasing waves of released prisoners will pose a major threat to public safety in general. This paper reexamines these and other issues and finds that a significant portion of released prisoners pose little if any threat to public safety and that the current parole supervision system often serves to increase rather than reduce recidivism. While released prisoners have significant social, economic, residential, and family needs, they are not sufficient to restrict their release from prison

Actuarial science · Business · Criminology · Economics · Environmental health · Political science · Population · Prison · Prison population · Public economics · Recidivism · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Medicine