Bartol & Bartol (2001) maintain that the term Dangerousness …show more content…
The data collected is from research conducted in 1994 and 2005 upon the release of some prisoners sampled over those respective years. The cohorts have based the samples collected into the following categorical variables of the inmates; sex (male or female), race, age at the time of release, and more severe prison commitment offenses (The Bureau of Justice Statistics …show more content…
The trend suggested by these findings can help explain why property crimes are more prevalent than other crimes. The statistics are also an indicator that property offenders are more likely to commit capital offenses to gain financially (class notes). BJS report shows that non-Hispanic black inmates (71.7%) had high recidivism rates three years upon release from prison as compared to other races (non-Hispanic whites: 63.9%, Hispanics/Latin: 68.1% and other races: