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Exploring the Moderating Effects of Mental Illness on Parole Release Decisions

This study examined whether or not the factors that primarily influenced parole release decisions were similar for inmates with and without mental illness. The study concluded that the lack of any moderating effects of mental illness on the risk factors for recidivism explored in this study suggests that an inmate’s mental illness does not play much of a role in parole release decisions.

Available online

http://www.uscourts.gov/

Author(s)

Jason Matejkowski, Ph.D.

Date

06/2011

Periodical

Federal Probation

Issue or page citation

Volume:75 Issue:1 Dated:June 2011 Pages:19 to 26