Parole release decisions: Impact of positive and negative victim and nonvictim input on a representative sample of parole-eligible inmates

Violence and Victims

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 224-242

  Caplan, Joel M ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Nonviolent; Offender; Participation; Public; Statements; Violent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PRISON; PRISONER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRISONERS; PRISONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951644915     PISSN: 08866708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/0886-6708.25.2.224     Document Type: Article

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