A Profile of Paroling Authorities in America: The Strange Bedfellows of Politics and Professionalism

The Prison Journal

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-425

  Paparozzi, Mario A ^a   Caplan, Joel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

corrections; discretion; mandatory parole; parole; parole board; reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449338138     PISSN: 00328855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0032885509349559     Document Type: Article

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