Improving Parole Release in America

Rhine, Edward E.; Petersilia, Joan; Reitz, Kevin R.

doi:10.1525/fsr.2015.28.2.96

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“…Despite some variation between jurisdictions, parole is the main correctional policy mechanism that allows for the direct supervision, monitoring, and treatment of offenders once they leave a fully custodial environment (Glaser, 1985; Rhine, Petersilia, & Reitz, 2015). Although there are differences depending on the structure of the jurisdiction, elements of the characteristics and timing of parole release are set at the time of sentencing.…”

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Better to Stay Home: Evaluating the Impact of Day Reporting Centers on Offending

Ostermann

2017

Crime & Delinquency

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This article reports the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation of community resource centers (CRCs)—nonresidential, day reporting centers employed for recent parolees. CRC participants ( n = 2,789), drawn from release cohorts in 2008, 2009, and 2010, were matched using propensity scores to similar parolees who did not participate in CRC programming ( n = 16,500). At the conclusion of the scoring and matching process, 2,789 CRC–parolee pairs were identified, including the full population of program participants. Outcome measures, including rearrest, reconviction, and parole revocation rates, after 1, 2, and 3 years are reported. Across all release cohorts, CRC participants were arrested and revoked at significantly higher rates, resulting in higher rates of returns to custody. Implications for correctional policy are considered.

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Better to Stay Home: Evaluating the Impact of Day Reporting Centers on Offending

Ostermann

2017

Crime & Delinquency

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“…4 Finally, Edward Rhine, Joan Petersilia, and Kevin Reitz combine their formidable talents to offer a ten-point program for improving parole release in America. 5…”

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Dispatches from Two Fronts of the Battle for Sentencing Reform

Bowman

2015

Federal Sentencing Reporter

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“…One in 55 U.S. adults is on parole, probation, or a combination of the two (Kaeble 2018:1). Parole hearings tend not to draw media attention, but are numerous; in 2013, 46 states handed down 187,035 discretionary parole grants (Rhine, Petersilia, and Reitz 2015). And in over half of states, parole boards hold full release authority—the power to release nearly all prison inmates before the end of their maximum sentence (Schwartzapfel 2015).…”

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Legal Ruralism and California Parole Hearings: Space, Place, and the Carceral Landscape*

Young

2020

Rural Sociology

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This article discusses the important relationship between rurality and criminal justice processes, drawing on field observations and in‐depth interviews with parole commissioners to argue that California's physical carceral landscape profoundly shapes lifer parole hearings. First, commissioners report that prisons' location in rural areas affects the rehabilitative resources available, which are seen as an important aspect of their readiness for release. Location and perceived rurality of prisons shape commissioners' perception of the inmates at various institutions, creating implicitly different standards for inmates housed at different prisons. Second, spatiality and rurality influence parole commissioners' work lives, exacting a toll that includes onerous travel, early burnout, and challenges to assembling a diverse board. Together, these findings underscore the importance of legal ruralism to the relationship between spatial and carceral landscapes.

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Improving Parole Release in America

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Better to Stay Home: Evaluating the Impact of Day Reporting Centers on Offending

Better to Stay Home: Evaluating the Impact of Day Reporting Centers on Offending

Dispatches from Two Fronts of the Battle for Sentencing Reform

Legal Ruralism and California Parole Hearings: Space, Place, and the Carceral Landscape*

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