NCJ Number
27447
Date Published
1973
Length
88 pages
Annotation
AN ASSESSMENT OF THIS PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES AGENCY CONTACTS AND EDUCATIONAL, TRAINING, AND EMPLOYMENT ACTIVITIES TO HELP REPEATED DELINQUENT OFFENDERS TO LEARN TO LIVE WITHOUT RESORTING TO ILLEGAL BEHAVIOR.
Abstract
THE GROUP RESIDENCE HAD A WORKING RELATIONSHIP WITH 16 AGENCIES AND 69 PERCENT OF THE CLIENTS DID CONTACT ONE OR MORE OF THESE AGENCIES. THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE COUNSELING PROGRAM WAS EMPLOYMENT ORIENTED, WITH OVER 90 PERCENT OF THE PROGRAM RESIDENTS INVOLVED IN VOCATIONAL OR PREVOCATIONAL TRAINING OR EMPLOYMENT. TO ASSESS THE RESULTS OF THE PROGRAM, CLIENTS WERE CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO THEIR REASON FOR LEAVING THE PROGRAM. 42 OF THE TOTAL 86 CLIENTS SERVED LEFT DUE TO SATISFACTORY ADJUSTMENT. AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PROGRAM SUCCESS AND OTHER VARIABLES SHOWED THAT PROGRAM VARIABLES SUCH AS LENGTH OF TIME IN THE PROGRAM OR TRAINING RECEIVED WERE MORE STRONGLY RELATED TO PROGRAM SUCCESS THAN NONPROGRAM VARIABLES SUCH AS CLIENT BACKGROUND AND CRIMINAL HISTORY. INFORMATION FROM A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE FIRST 39 CLIENTS RELEASED FROM THE GROUP RESIDENCE WAS USED TO ASSESS CLIENT IMPACT. BASED ON THIS STUDY, IT WAS NOTED THAT TWO-THIRDS OF THE FORMER CLIENTS WERE SUCCESSFULLY ADJUSTING TO SOCIETY LEGALLY - 36 PERCENT HAD BEEN DISCHARGED FROM PAROLE AND 31 PERCENT WERE STILL ON PAROLE. A COMPARISON WITH THE CLIENTS' LAST PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES WITH PAROLE OR PROBATION INDICATES THAT NONE OF THE CLIENTS HAD BEEN SUCCESSFULLY DISCHARGED FROM PAROLE. COSTS OF THE PROGRAM COMPARED VERY FAVORABLY TO OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS.