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Accelerated Parole Review: Were the Objectives Met?
Publication year:
1998
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The authors answer seven questions relating to effectiveness and impact of the Accelerated Parole Review (APR) program in this report to a working group studying the provisions and operations of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA). The questions are: (1) Are APR cases properly identified and referred as per the CCRA?; (2) Are those who are eligible for APR being released at their parole eligibility date?; (3) Has APR reduced the length of incarceration for non-violent first time federal offenders?; (4) At what rate do those released following accelerated parole review recidivate as compared with other offenders?; (5) Are the more focused criteria for APR (parole directed if there is no evidence for violent offending) resulting in the release of offenders who may have a high risk of reoffending, but low risk of reoffending violently?; (6) Has APR resulted in a decrease in the use of institutional program resources by low risk non-violent offenders?; (7) Has APR changed the work load of Correctional Service of Canada and the Board in reviewing low risk cases?