Abstract
Abstract The recidivism of violent crimes among released offenders is an important issue, which must be taken into account when both the appropriate length of a prison sentence and release on parole are considered. We studied recidivism among high-risk violent offenders during their incarceration, parole, and freedom. The sample consisted of 99 Finnish men who were evaluated by a special prison court between July 1, 1971, and December 31, 1995. Forty-two of the men were sentenced to the special security section by the prison court (PDDR) and served their entire sentence. The remaining 57 convicts served their terms among the normal prison population (NPS) and were released on parole after having served, on average, 75% of their sentence (duration of parole was the remaining 25% of the original sentence). During parole, the probability of committing a serious violent offence among habitually violent male offenders was extremely high: 214-fold (Risk Ratio 214, 95% Confidence Interval 152-302) when compared ...
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