Currently, Parole Board Members Are Required to Follow Only Very

Essay

Currently, parole board members are required to follow only very general guidelines in determining whether an inmate should be released from confinement. Do you feel that specific criteria should be developed that parole board members must consider in making conditional release decisions? Some U.S. state parole boards are required by law to use statistical assessment models that indicate whether the offender is likely to reoffend and to base their decision on the results of a statistical analysis. In your view, what are the positive features, and drawbacks, of such models?