A Consumer's View of Correctional Policy
- 1 December 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Criminal Justice and Behavior
- Vol. 6 (4) , 383-389
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009385487900600406
Abstract
Several states have recently considered the adoption of determinate sentencing policies that would eliminate or reduce the discretion of parole authorities in deciding when to release inmates on parole status. Surveys in two correctional institutions show that inmates strongly prefer determinate sentencing over the more commonly used indeterminate sentencing policies. The same inmates also indicated that they would have participated in rehabilitative programs while incarcerated without the possibility of early release through parole being contingent on such participation.Keywords
This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- Parole; The Consumer's PerspectiveCriminal Justice Review, 1977
- Toward a New Policy in Adult CorrectionsSocial Service Review, 1972