ACCOUNTABILITY OF COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS - NEED AND METHODS OF MEASUREMENT (FROM SOUTHERN CONFERENCE ON CORRECTIONS, ANNUAL, 1974 BY VERNON FOX AND RICK KASTEN - SEE NCJ-30746)

• NCJ Number: 30749
• Author(s): R P SEITER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: Florida State University; Wichita State University
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRESENTATION OF AN EVALUATIVE MODEL FOR CORRECTIONAL RESEARCH, CONTAINING A CONTINUOUS OUTCOME SCALE WHICH IS SAID TO ELIMINATE DICHOTOMOUS DISTINCTIONS OF SUCCESS AND FAILURE, AND AN OUTCOME PREDICTOR ELEMENT.

Abstract

POST-RELEASE AJUSTMENT IS INDICATED AS THE SUM OF TWO SCALE RATINGS. THE FIRST OF THESE IS A DEVIANT BEHAVIOR SCALE, RANGING FROM NO EVIDENCE OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR TO REINCARCERATION FOR A FELON CONVICTION. THE OTHER SCALE CREDITS THE EX-INMATE FOR ACHIEVING SUCH VALUES AS EMPLOYMENT, RESIDENTIAL, AND FINANCIAL STABILITY. EVALUATION OF THE SUCCESS OF A COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION PROGRAM IS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED BY MEASURING RELATIVE ADJUSTMENT - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ACTUAL AND EXPECTED BEHAVIOR. DUE TO THE OFTEN NON-RANDOM SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS FOR TREATMENT PROGRAMS, A PREDICTION MODEL IS SUGGESTED FOR THE COMPUTATION OF EXPECTED OUTCOMES. SEVERAL SUCH MODELS ARE SUGGESTED.