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Word: reimprisoned (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...pain of reimprisonment?a usually unappealable decision made by parole agents, who thus have a rarely examined effect on the repeater rate. To test their judgment, Criminologists James Robison and Paul Takagi once submitted ten hypothetical parole-violator cases to 316 agents in California. Only five voted to reimprison all ten men; half wanted to return some men but disagreed on which ones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Shame of the Prisons | 1/18/1971 | See Source »

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