---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 U.S.C. § 60552"
title: "34"
title_heading: "Crime Control and Law Enforcement"
number: "60552"
heading: "Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/34/60552"
units:
  - "Subtitle VI — Other Crime Control and Law Enforcement Matters"
  - "Chapter 605 — Recidivism Prevention"
  - "Subchapter II — Enhanced Drug Treatment and Mentoring Grant Programs"
  - "Part C — Administration of Justice Reforms"
  - "Subpart 2 — reentry research"
---

# §60552. Grants to study parole or post-incarceration supervision violations and revocations

- (a) **Grants authorized—** From amounts made available to carry out [this section](/usc/34/50105.md), the Attorney General may make grants to [States](/usc/34/10105.md) to study and to improve the collection of data with respect to individuals whose parole or post-incarceration supervision is revoked, and which such individuals represent the greatest risk to victims and community safety.
- (b) **Application—** As a condition of receiving a grant under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md), a [State](/usc/34/10105.md) shall—
  - (1) certify that the [State](/usc/34/10105.md) has, or intends to establish, a [program](/usc/34/60701.md?p=2) that collects comprehensive and reliable data with respect to individuals described in [subsection (a)](#a), including data on—
    - (A) the number and type of parole or post-incarceration supervision violations that occur with the [State](/usc/34/10105.md);
    - (B) the reasons for parole or post-incarceration supervision revocation;
    - (C) the underlying behavior that led to the revocation; and
    - (D) the term of imprisonment or other penalty that is imposed for the violation; and
  - (2) provide the data described in [paragraph (1)](#b-1) to the [Bureau of Justice Statistics](/usc/34/11103.md?p=4-D), in a form prescribed by the Bureau.
- (c) **Analysis—** Any statistical analysis of population data under [this section](/usc/34/50105.md) shall be conducted in accordance with the Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1997, relating to classification standards.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 110–199, title II, § 242, Apr. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 690.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 17552 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.