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Justice Under Pressure
Ekland-Olson, Sheldon; Kelly, William R.
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Paperback. Series: Research in Criminology. Num Pages: 141 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JM; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 247.
Justice Under Pressure analyzes the effects of prison crowding on the justice system. The authors focus on dramatic changes in the administration of criminal justice in Texas during the 1980s and the influence of those changes on the three-year survival rates among parolees released between 1984 and 1987. Setting out to identify differences in recidivism and the crime rate as a result of the changes instituted in Texas, the authors report the findings of their comparative "survival analysis" of 4 successive cohorts of parolees, plus a chapter specifically directed at a comparative analysis of an emergency release cohort. The final ... Read more
Justice Under Pressure analyzes the effects of prison crowding on the justice system. The authors focus on dramatic changes in the administration of criminal justice in Texas during the 1980s and the influence of those changes on the three-year survival rates among parolees released between 1984 and 1987. Setting out to identify differences in recidivism and the crime rate as a result of the changes instituted in Texas, the authors report the findings of their comparative "survival analysis" of 4 successive cohorts of parolees, plus a chapter specifically directed at a comparative analysis of an emergency release cohort. The final ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
141
Condition
New
Series
Research in Criminology
Number of Pages
141
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461395195
SKU
V9781461395195
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99-15
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