TY - JOUR
T1 - The impact of shock incarceration on technical violations and new criminal activities
AU - Mackenzie, Doris Layton
AU - Shaw, James W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Some observers debate about whether to include shock incarceration in the category of intermediate punishments because offenders in shock programs are incarcerated in prison. In their recent book on intermediate punishments, Morris and Tonry (1990) define such punishments as punishments that can be placed on a continuum of severity between incarceration and probation. We contend that boot camp prisons (or any sentences involving short terms of incarceration) are not identical to a traditional prison term and therefore can be classified as intermediate. This would be similar to classifying intensive supervision as an intermediate punishment different from traditional probation and higher on the continuum of severity. Similarly, boot camp prisons can be * An earlier version of the paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, held in San Francisco in November 1991. This investigation was supported in part by Grant 900---DD-CX-0061 from the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice to the University of Maryland. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Jus. rice. Thanks are expressed to all those who worked on the multisite study. Requests for copies should be sent to the senior author at the University of Maryland, Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, 2220 LeFrak Hall, College Park, MD 20742.
PY - 1993/9
Y1 - 1993/9
N2 - This research examines the behavior of shock incarceration releasees during two years of community supervision, and compares their performance with that of similar offenders serving time on probation or parole. Using survival analyses, we examined differences between shock releasees, probationers, parolees, and shock dropouts in technical or new crime arrests, technical or new crime revocations, and new criminal convictions. In general, the shock offenders had higher rates of technical arrests and revocations than the probationers and parolees, lower rates of new convictions, and, in some of the analyses, lower rates of arrests and revocations for new crimes. No differences in performance were found between shock graduates and dropouts. Possible reasons for these differences in recidivism among groups were discussed.
AB - This research examines the behavior of shock incarceration releasees during two years of community supervision, and compares their performance with that of similar offenders serving time on probation or parole. Using survival analyses, we examined differences between shock releasees, probationers, parolees, and shock dropouts in technical or new crime arrests, technical or new crime revocations, and new criminal convictions. In general, the shock offenders had higher rates of technical arrests and revocations than the probationers and parolees, lower rates of new convictions, and, in some of the analyses, lower rates of arrests and revocations for new crimes. No differences in performance were found between shock graduates and dropouts. Possible reasons for these differences in recidivism among groups were discussed.
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U2 - 10.1080/07418829300091931
DO - 10.1080/07418829300091931
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79958244885
SN - 0741-8825
VL - 10
SP - 463
EP - 487
JO - Justice Quarterly
JF - Justice Quarterly
IS - 3
ER -