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Justice Under Pressure

A Comparison of Recidivism Patterns Among Four Successive Parolee Cohorts

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  • © 1993

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Authors:
  1. Sheldon Ekland-Olson

    1. Department of Sociology and Dean, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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  2. William R. Kelly

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

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Part of the book series: Research in Criminology (RESEARCH CRIM.)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. National Trends and the Assessment of Prison Crowding

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 1-12

  3. Population, Political, and Judicial Pressures on the Texas Criminal Justice System

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 13-29

  4. Intra-Cohort Variation in Reincarceration

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 30-51

  5. Inter-Cohort Comparisons of Reincarceration Rates

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 52-66

  6. Multivariate Prediction of Reincarceration

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 67-84

  7. An Evaluation of the Legislative Response: The Prison Management Act

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 85-104

  8. Incarceration and Crime: Is There a Link?

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 105-119

  9. Conclusions and Policy Implications

    • Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly
    Pages 120-129

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 130-142
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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 chapter compares prison construction policies and crime rate trends in Texas and California to highlight the major policy implications of the findings. This book is of particular interest to criminologists, forensic psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, and students in these fields.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology and Dean, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    Sheldon Ekland-Olson

  • Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA

    William R. Kelly

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Justice Under Pressure

  • Book Subtitle: A Comparison of Recidivism Patterns Among Four Successive Parolee Cohorts

  • Authors: Sheldon Ekland-Olson, William R. Kelly

  • Series Title: Research in Criminology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9517-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1993

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-94012-0Due: 24 June 1993

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-9519-5Published: 09 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-9517-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1431-7540

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 141

  • Topics: Psychology, general, Fundamentals of Law

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