Definition: Parole

Category: Crime statistics

Conditional release of a prisoner whereby the individual is allowed to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison, assuming that all the terms of that release are met. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_89_EN.pdf
Source:
United Nations, "Manual for the Development of a System of Criminal Justice Statistics", United Nations, New York, 2003
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