Citation

Powers RA, Kaukinen C, Khachatryan N. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2018; 62(14): 4622-4641.

Affiliation

1 University of South Florida, Tampa, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0306624X18775554

PMID

29781348

Abstract

Studies that have examined absconding have pointed to the relevance of factors related to demographics, situational, and social characteristics, as well as criminal history variables as predictive of offenders' decision to abscond. This study contributes to this literature by extending factors that have been explored for criminal justice outcomes such as recidivism to predict the likelihood of absconding. In particular, this study incorporates the Level of Service Inventory-Revised (LSI-R) risk assessment instrument and types of violations to examine their impact on the likelihood of absconding. Using a large sample of parolees from Colorado ( n = 30,181), the findings in this study indicate that the largest predictors of absconding were substance abuse problems and education. In addition, variables measuring the components of the LSI-R and specific nonabsconding parole violations moderately predict absconding. The implications of the findings and recommendations for future research are discussed.

Language: en

Keywords

LSI-R; abscond; parole; violations