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Parole Violations and Revocations in California Ryken Grattet, Ph.D. ; Joan Petersilia, Ph.D. ; Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D. 224521 October 2008 2005-IJ-CX-0026

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Parole Violations and Revocations in California
Ryken Grattet, Ph.D. Joan Petersilia, Ph.D. Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D.

October 13, 2008

Thisdocument is a research report submitted to the U.S. Department of Justice. This report has not been published by the Department. Opinions or points of view expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


The authors wish to thank the many individuals and institutions who contributed tothis research project. We could not have undertaken the study without the financial support of the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice. Our program director, Marlene Beckman, provided logistical support, substantive feedback, and created several opportunities for us to connect with practitioners, experts, and other researchers. Gerry Gaes offered extensive feedback on ourresearch design as well as excellent methodological advice after the project was underway. The members of the National Institute of Justice, Community Corrections Research Network provided us a forum to discuss the planning and preliminary results of the study that was essential to development of the project. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), and particularly theDivision of Adult Parole Operations (DAPO) and the Board of Parole Hearings (BPH), were close collaborators during the three-year duration of the project. Over the course of the project, we worked with Secretary Roderick Hickman, Undersecretary Kevin Carruth, Secretary Jeanne Woodford, Secretary James Tilton, and Steven Chapman, Assistant Secretary, CDCR Research Division. BPH and DAPO directors,particularly Richard Rimmer, James L’Etoile, John Monday, Jeff Fagot, and Thomas Hoffman were instrumental to assuring that we got the full cooperation of their organization and access to all necessary data. DAPO Director Thomas Hoffman took a particular interest in the project and his leadership and expertise on parole issues were critical to all phases of the project. Parole staff, including BubphaChen, Willie Bulda, Marilyn Kalvelage, Rick Winistorfer, Robert Ambroselli, Margarita Perez, Robert Stinson, Jeff Sellwood, Sharon Barton, Katie White-O’Neil, Chris Haws, and Carrie Daves answered endless question about the contents of CDCR databases. Additional support for the project came from the Center for Evidence Based Corrections at the University of California-Irvine and the Institute forGovernmental Affairs at the University of California, Davis. A number of graduate students at the University of California, Davis and the University of California-Irvine assisted in data collection and analysis, including Ryan Fischer, Teresa Casey, Monica Williams, Demetra Kalogrides, and Danielle Rudes. Julie Siebens deserves special credit for the amazing programming, data management, and data...