Evaluation of the Florida Community Control Program

• NCJ Number: 137773
• Author(s): D Wagner; C Baird
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 6 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: From the National Institute of Justice Research in Brief, January 1993.

Annotation

This paper reports on the methodology and results of an evaluation of Florida's Community Control Program (FCCP), which is an intensive-supervision house arrest program established by the Florida Department of Corrections in late 1983.

Abstract

In 1987 an independent evaluation was conducted to determine to what extent the FCCP diverts offender from prison, the impact of community control on offender criminal behavior and correctional program costs, and how the program affected Florida's regular probation program. The evaluation effort attempted to achieve equivalence between offender groups sentenced to FCCP and to prison during 1985 by using Florida's sentencing guidelines data to match subjects. The 630 FCCP offenders studied were predominantly either property offenders or robbers, but drug offenders were also well represented. The 630 offenders sentenced to prison had nearly identical characteristics. An 18-month followup was conducted after each offender's release from prison or entry into FCCP supervision to determine new conviction offenses and community control violations. The study found that overall, the impact of FCCP on prison crowding, offender behavior, and State correctional costs has been positive. 4 tables and 12 references