Current Issues in Parole Decision-making: Understanding the Past; Shaping the Future

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Current Issues in Parole Decision-making: Understanding the Past; Shaping the Future

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Author(s)

• Burke, Peggy B.

Source(s)

• COSMOS Corp. (Washington, DC)
• National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC)

Sponsor(s)

• National Institute of Corrections (Washington, DC)

Details

Published 1988. 59 pages.

Related Topics

• Overcrowding (Facilities)
• Parole (Offender Management)

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