According to a new study co-authored by Simon Fraser
University economics professor Steeve Mongrain, parole board decisions can have
a huge impact on whether or not prisoners are motivated to rehabilitate.
The Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, has just
published their study Rehabilitated or Not: An Informational Theory of Parole
Decisions online.
Mongrain and his colleagues argue that parole boards need to
consider the length of prisoners’ original sentences, as well as their
behaviour in prison, in granting early parole and determining eligibility for
parole review.