NCJ Number
104141
Date Published
1986
Length
13 pages
Annotation
As part of a series of reports on the Wisconsin High Risk Offender (HRO) Project, this paper describes clients and outcome for the Madison region from the project's beginning in early 1984 through May 1986.
Abstract
The HRO project provides intensive supervision for selected probationers and parolees deemed to be at high risk for serious criminal activity. Selection is based on past behavior. Two-person teams supervise caseloads of 40-50 offenders. Supervision involves close surveillance and special probation or parole conditions designed to discourage criminal activity. Sixty-eight percent entered the HRO program from correctional institutions, and 27 percent were probationers or mental health cases committed to treatment institutions after a criminal offense. All had at least one prior violent offense. Eighty-three percent had prior assaultive offenses, 36 percent had at least one prior sexual assault, and 45 percent had injured a victim during a crime. As of May 1986, approximately 46 percent of the clients had been revoked, 10 percent had been successfully discharged, 4 percent had been transferred to regular supervision, and 40 percent were still under intensive supervision. Approximately 25 percent of the clients for whom a 1-year followup was possible were returned to prison for criminal activity or a technical violation of probation or parole. This study is not intended as an assessment of the project's impact on offender behavior, so no conclusions are drawn about the project's effectiveness. 4 tables.