Parole Board Decision for Robert Thomas Elton The objective of this study is to examine the possibility of parole for Thomas Robert Elton, an individual presently incarcerated for the commission of crimes and specifically the offenses of Burglary and Murder. Description Robert Thomas Elton DOB -- 05-30-1955 Offense(s) -- Burglary, Murder I, previous property offense Recommendations of Other authorities -- Psychiatrist Recommends Parole Facts of the Case (1) Robert Thomas Elton was sentenced to Life in Prison on

Parole Some might describe America as being a nation of prisoners. There is no escaping the fact that our society produces many laws that result in many infractions of these laws which eventually result in many prisoners and court cases. The role of probation and the probation officer in this chaotic mess we call the justice system plays a pivotal role in the effectiveness of a communities approach on crime. The purpose

I: What do you feel is lacking in this process of parole and probation and how would one improve this? P.O: There have been many programs devised to make this process effective and recently Reintegrating Alternatives Personal Program (RAPP) was devised to reduce the recidivism rate even further. When a parolee is released back into the community, he faces a lot of problems including his transition from the prison back to

To ensure that parolees do visit their parole officers on time, the governor decided to give them an incentive. He stated that parolees who would report on time would receive a monthly stipend of $25. This would then lead to an increased contact rate between the parolee and the parole officer and thus would decrease the chances of recidivism as the officer would be able to keep track of

Surprisingly after a period of 28 months the Florida Department of Corrections found that the recidivism rate for these malefactors was only 13.6% as compared to 25% for those that completed their time in prison. Ronald L. Goldfarb and Linda R. Singer quoted an American Bar Association committee which commented after their observations on this case: If we, today, turned loose all of the inmates of our prisons without regard

They get out and go back to doing whatever got them into prison. 8. What kind of work might you have done instead? I don't really know. I guess that I still want to try to fix the system that keeps men just recycling in and out of prison. This isn't that job. I really think that I do my job well, but the system isn't designed to keep people from