Prior to the implementation of Florida's Objective Parole Guidelines, many considered the state's parole release process to be capricious. Consequently, the guidelines were formulated to approach "offender fairness." Although the professional literature stresses various equity issues such as similar treatment for similarly situated offenders, there is little consensus on definitions of "similar." This research attempts to more precisely define "equal treatment of equally situated offenders" and, thereby, more accurately analyze "offender fairness." The thrust of the research analyzes Florida's parole process both prior to and during the first year's implementation of objective parole guidelines with a focus on length of incarceration, consistency of the parole release decision, capriciousness due to the parole release decision, and predictive factors which may enter into the parole release decision. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 42-07, Section: A, page: 3312. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1981.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74581 |
| Contributors | LOMBARDI, JOHN HAROLD., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 212 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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