COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS - THREE APPLICATIONS TO CORRECTIONS ... PROBATION SUBSIDY, DIVERSION, EMPLOYMENT

• NCJ Number: 14302
• Author(s): G S MONKMAN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 36 pages
• Corporate Author: American Bar Assoc.
• Sale Source: American Bar Assoc.
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPRINT OF THREE PROGRAM EVALUATIONS WHICH ILLUSTRATES SOME OF THE LEVELS OF COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

Abstract

THE FIRST ANALYSIS IS A MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF CALIFORNIA'S PROBATION SUBSIDY PROGRAM. IT TAKES A GROSS COSTS-SAVINGS APPROACH TO COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS, COMPARING SUBSIDY COSTS WITH CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS SAVINGS. THE SECOND DEALS WITH THE COSTS AND BENEFITS OF THE DADE COUNTY PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION PROJECT. THE COSTS OF PROSECUTION (INCLUDING CLERICAL, FILING, AND OTHER COSTS) AND INCARCERATION OR PROBATION ARE COMPARED WITH THE COST OF DIVERTING A CASE INTO PRE-TRIAL INTERVENTION HOLDING RECIDIVISM CONSTANT (AT LEAST). PROPER WEIGHTING IS DONE REGARDING SUCH FACTORS AS FIRST OFFENDERS, INCARCERATION LENGTH, AND JURY VS, NON-JURY TRIALS, AND A FORMAL BENEFIT-COST RATIO IS DERIVED. THE LAST ANALYSIS DEALS WITH A NEW YORK CITY SUPPORTED WORK PROGRAM. TWO COST-BENEFIT RATIOS ARE DERIVED THROUGH ACCOUNTING FOR AS MANY COSTS AND BENEFITS AS FEASIBLE, AN ECONOMIC COST-BENEFIT RATIO AND A TAXPAYER COSTBENEFIT RATIO. A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF EACH CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM PRECEDES THE ANALYSIS. A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF OTHER COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS PROVIDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)