Study Berman (1972): study US 1972
- Public
- Jail mates on parole, Illinois, USA, 197? Followed 9 month
- Sample
- Respondents
- N = 89
- Non Response
- Assessment
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Multiple assesment methods
Interviews could be completed in a half-hour, though the vast majority took well over an hour. Subjects elaborated. Mostly face-to-face interviews at the parolee's place of residence, while some took place in restaurants or bars and about 10 took place over the phone.
Correlate
- Authors's Label
- Parolee program
- Our Classification
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- Remarks
- Happiness assessed at: T1: before start of the program T2: when the program had been in effect for nime month
- Operationalization
- Parole supervision program in which lawyers voluntered to spend at least 6 hours a months with a parole. The lawyers were not given any specific instruction. The only rule was that they should not represent the man in court
Parolees were randonly assigned to:
0 normal parole supervision
1 parole supervision by a volunteer lawyer