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Bureau of Justice Statistics Analyzes Parole Trends
Loaded on Nov. 15, 2002
published in Prison Legal News
November, 2002, page 14
The Bureau of Justice Statistics has issued a report analyzing changes in parole and the resulting effects. The report compared the two types of parole releases (discretionary and mandatory) and their effects on parole populations in the United States. Discretionary parole is release determined by a parole board. Mandatory parole ...
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