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His thesis will be concerned with a comparative analysis of alcohol and narcotic addiction from a sociocultural perspective.In this study, base expectancy categories, which predict the likelihood of recidivism based on a cluster of salient variables, are derived for 363 inmates released from a medium security correctional 'institution.Some of the major uses of base expectancy categories are discussed, especially with reference to institutional and parole decisions and to their crucial role in evaluative research.The combination of age at present commitment and prior penal record is found to be a highly predictive set of variables.Some possible interpretations of this finding, as well as related findings, are suggested.
Francis J. Carney (Fri,) studied this question.