ABSTRACT
A Washington State (1976) 10-year follow-up of parolees found that the first year of parole was critical, with more than one-half of those paroled returning to prison during this time period. In this study, there were more failures in the second 6 months after release than in first. It was also found that those convicted of murder and manslaughter were less likely to recidivate and that property offenders-especially those convicted of burglary, auto theft, and forgery-had the highest failure rate. As expected, younger parolees did significantly worse than those 40 years of age or older. Blacks did slightly worse than whites after the first 6 months, and Native Americans did significantly worse than all other groups.
