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dc.contributor.authorHail-Jares, Katie
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-01T01:49:02Z
dc.date.available2021-09-01T01:49:02Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn0741-8825
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/07418825.2019.1639790
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/407454
dc.description.abstractParole board members consider a number of behavioral, demographic, and criminogenic factors when making a decision to release a person from prison. The role of victims’ correspondence on such decision-making has also been examined, but less well understood is the role of non-victim correspondence, despite substantial evidence that social support networks are crucial to reentry success and reducing recidivism. Drawing upon a sample of 694 randomly selected cases involving men incarcerated in Iowa, the present study examines the relationship between non-victim correspondence and release decisions. Thirty-six percent of the sample had correspondence included in their parole hearing file with the majority written by family and friends, judicial actors, or correctional officers. Neither intensity of correspondence, the persuasion, nor the identities of non-victim authors were significantly associated with release decision in multivariate modeling. Instead, correctional counselor recommendation, risk assessment, and race emerged as significant factors in directing parole board member decision-making.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge: Taylor & Francis Group
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom678
dc.relation.ispartofpageto700
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJustice Quarterly
dc.relation.ispartofvolume38
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchLaw and legal studies
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode48
dc.subject.keywordsSocial Sciences
dc.subject.keywordsparole board decision-making
dc.subject.keywordsparole boards
dc.subject.keywordsreentry
dc.subject.keywordsPenology
dc.titleWeighing Words: The Impact of Non-victim Correspondence on Parole Board Decisions
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHail-Jares, K, Weighing Words: The Impact of Non-victim Correspondence on Parole Board Decisions, Justice Quarterly, 2019, 38 (4), pp. 678-700
dc.date.updated2021-08-30T23:00:01Z
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gro.griffith.authorJares, Katie E.


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