NCJ Number
39450
Date Published
1976
Length
33 pages
Annotation
PILOT PROJECT TO PROVIDE QUALITY PROBATION SERVICES TO MISDEMEANANTS IN ANCHORAGE AND FAIRBANKS WITH THE INTENTION OF REDUCING FUTURE FELONIES IN A GROUP OF SELECTED CRIME CATEGORIES.
Abstract
THE PROJECT UTILIZED AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, WHO RECEIVED SUPERVISION, AND A COMPARATIVE CONTROL GROUP WHO WERE SENTENCED TO PROBATION, BUT RECEIVED LITTLE OR NO SUPERVISION. IN TERMS OF RECIDIVISM, THERE WAS NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS IN EITHER THE ANCHORAGE OR FAIRBANKS PROJECTS DURING THIS FOLLOW-UP, WHICH INCLUDED THE TIME PERIOD FROM NOVEMBER 1, 1973 TO DECEMBER 31, 1975. DIALOGUE OF INTERVIEWS WITH JUDGES, A COPY OF THE PRESENTENCE REPORT FORM DEVELOPED BY THE EVALUATORS, AND STATISTICAL DATA ON THE GROUPS STUDIED ARE INCLUDED IN THE TEXT....KAP