Citation

Clark RE. Am. J. Sociol. 1951; 57(1): 43-47.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1951, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/220857

PMID

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Abstract

A study of 9,444 prisoner paroled from the Menard and Joliet branches of the Illinois State Penitentiary Indicates that those who were paroled to a community of the same size as the one from which they came had a lower parole violation rate than did those who were paroled to one of a different size. The explanation is based on the assumption that it is easier to adjust on parole in a familiar than it is in an unfamiliar environment.