Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. to bring unpleasant consequences.

1944		‘F. Bonnamy’ A Rope of Sand (1947) 211: They could have boomeranged had I tried to use them against him – and hurt Amy instead.
1955		N. Pulliam I Travelled a Lonely Land (1957) 230/2: boomerang – [...] it has come into our speech and means ‘to backfire’ or to ‘come back at’.
1963		(con. 1870s) Miller & Snell Why the West was Wild 22: The ‘Indian Act’ boomeranged and thereafter the Dodge City gang seems to have abandoned this form of entertainment.
1984		J. Ellroy Blood on the Moon 235: The speed had boomeranged and had combined with his nervous tension to knock him out.

2. (US Und.) to return to prison almost immediately on finishing the last sentence.

1992

Bentley & Corbett Prison Sl. 25: Boomerang Coming back to prison immediately after being released. (Archaic: coming back for seconds).