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A Comparison Of Models Of Parole Outcome., Larry Allen Gould
A Comparison Of Models Of Parole Outcome., Larry Allen Gould
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The focus of this dissertation is on the criteria which parole boards use as the basis for their decision to release an offender on to parole. The literature strongly suggests that there are some objective measures of dangerousness on parole, such as the Salient Factor Score; however, the literature also indicates that parole boards use a great deal of subjective evaluation in making their decisions. Many of the subjective concepts used by parole boards can be measured objectively through a grounding in criminological theory. A model of parole outcome prediction which measures objectively several of the previously subjective variables, including …
The Effects Of Situational Access To Firearms On Sensitivity To Risk Of Criminal Victimization: A Contextual Analysis., Roberta Loupe St. Pierre
The Effects Of Situational Access To Firearms On Sensitivity To Risk Of Criminal Victimization: A Contextual Analysis., Roberta Loupe St. Pierre
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
The focus of this research is on the association of the availability of firearms for protection and fear of crime. More specifically, the study explores the relationship of firearms to persons' sensitivity to perceived risk of criminal victimization. The data used were drawn from a state-wide survey of Louisiana residents conducted in 1984. The research was directed by the long-standing inability of researchers to identify any relationship between guns and fear of crime, although it has long been assumed that such a relationship does exist. This study used the innovative strategy of examining fear of crime levels in their relationship …