March 2007:
STUDY DESCRIPTION AND DEFINITION OF TERMS
In 2000, the Connecticut Department of Correction released 9,501 inmates who had been convicted of a crime and sentenced to serve time in prison. These inmates were released because they had either completed their court-ordered prison sentence or were placed in a community-based program while remaining under the supervision of the Department of Correction or Board of Parole. Of the 9,501 inmates, we were able to obtain court records for 8,221 (an 87% match rate) of them. While this match rate is not perfect, it is acceptable for the purposes of this study.
For the purpose of this study, reconviction and resentenced to prison were used as the measures of recidivism. These were selected because they were believed to be the most accurate information available. While arrest data is commonly used as a measure of recidivism, it may not always be accurate. For example, if a person is arrested and the charge receives a nolle2, the record of this arrest will be erased after thirteen months.
This study followed six different groups of ex-inmates. These groups were created based on their (1) type of prison release (end of sentence or community-based program) and (2) type of community supervision received prior to or immediately following prison release (parole, transitional supervision, DOC community-based program).3 ..more.. by OFFICE OF POLICY & MANAGEMENT, Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division
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