Concept information
Preferred term
parole
Definition(s)
- Parole is the portion of state correctional systems in which convicted individuals are supervised after they have been released from prison. Parole serves two purposes: (1) to assist former prisoners in their transition from prison into the community and (2) to provide a means of early detection and sanction of potentially deviant behavior. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Parole]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- absconding
- Alexander Maconochie
- discretionary release
- Elmira system
- firearms and community corrections personnel
- furloughs
- good time and merit time
- graduated sanctions for juvenile offenders
- Irish marks system
- pardon and restoration of rights
- parole boards and hearings
- Parole Commission Phaseout Act of 1996
- parole guidelines score
- parole officers
- pre-parole plan
- prisoner's family and reentry
- probation and parole: intensive supervision
- reentry courts
- reentry programs and initiatives
- Salient Factor Score
- truth-in-sentencing provisions
- U.S. Parole Commission
- victim impact statements
- work/study release programs
- Zebulon Reed Brockway
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-JPP9V3SR-W
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