Evaluating the Implementation of Community Corrections (From Community Corrections: A Community Field Approach, P 251-268, 1990, David E Duffee and Edmund F McGarrell, eds. -- See NCJ-121217)

• NCJ Number: 121226
• Author(s): M Musheno; D Palumbo; S Maynard-Moody; J Levine
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 18 pages
• Grant Number(s): 82-15-CV-K015
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: Anderson Publishing Co
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This evaluation of the implementation of community corrections in Oregon, Colorado, and Connecticut focuses on the factors that contribute to the effective implementation of community corrections.

Abstract

The evaluations obtained data from questionnaires administered to community corrections administrators and line-level staff in the three States. The evaluation indicates the need to consider both goals and structure. All three States shared the goal of reducing commitments to the State prison system by developing community corrections; however, the structure of the States' community corrections programs differed in a number of dimensions, e.g., centralization, judicial vs. executive control, privatization, professionalism, and hierarchy. This variation leads to community corrections programs that differ in terms of their location on the vertical and horizontal dimensions of community structure. This variation, in turn, affects a number of program dimensions such as commitment, involvement, goal consensus, decisionmaking, coordination, and perceived external support. 8 tables, discussion questions.