How do Former Inmates Perform in the Community? A Survival Analysis of Rearrests, Reconvictions, and Technical Parole Violations

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 163-187

  Ostermann, Michael ^a  

^a Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice   (United States)

Author keywords

corrections; parole; recidivism; reentry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922708950     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: 1552387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128710396425     Document Type: Article

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