Blended Sentencing, Early Release, and Recidivism of Violent Institutionalized Delinquents

This study explores the recidivism outcomes of 1,804 serious and violent delinquents sentenced under a blended sentencing statute and released early by juvenile correctional authorities without continuing their blended sentence in adult prisons. Released at an average age of 19, roughly 50% of relea...

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Published in:The Prison journal (Philadelphia, Pa.) Pa.), 2011-09, Vol.91 (3), p.255-278
Main Authors: Trulson, Chad R., Haerle, Darin R., DeLisi, Matt, Marquart, James W.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Correctional personnel
Crime
Criminal sentences
Juvenile Delinquency
Juvenile Offenders
Offenders
Offenses
Prisons
Recidivism
Sentencing
Statutes
Violence
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Summary:This study explores the recidivism outcomes of 1,804 serious and violent delinquents sentenced under a blended sentencing statute and released early by juvenile correctional authorities without continuing their blended sentence in adult prisons. Released at an average age of 19, roughly 50% of releases were rearrested for a felony-level offense postrelease. The remaining 50% of all releases did not incur a postrelease arrest or were rearrested for an offense no higher than a misdemeanor. Measures for assaultive institutional misconduct and prior delinquent adjudications were predictive of recidivism in models examining rearrest for any offense and rearrest for a felony only. Substance abusers, gang members, those with a gang-related commitment offense, and homicide-related state commitments were significantly more likely to be rearrested for any offense postrelease. This article ends with a discussion of implications specific to this high risk cohort of released delinquent offenders.
ISSN:0032-8855
1552-7522
DOI:10.1177/0032885511409868