MINNESOTA - RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAMS A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION - SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• NCJ Number: 25069
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 13 pages
• Corporate Author: Minnesota Governor's Cmssn on Crime Prevention and Control
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STATE HALFWAY HOUSES, PORT PROJECTS, AND JUVENILE RESIDENCES AND DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS WHICH IMPEDE THEIR EFFECTIVENESS.

Abstract

THE EVALUATION MEASURES USED WERE THE REASONS FOR CLIENT TERMINATION FROM THE PROJECTS, RECIDIVISM, OCCUPANCY RATES, CLIENT COSTS, PROJECT OUTCOME, AND PROJECT EFFORTS (STAFF/CLIENT RATIO, NEEDS AND SERVICES, AND STAFF TRAINING). THE PROJECTS EVALUATED WERE FOUND TO HAVE SEVERAL IMPACT AND OPERATIONAL PROBLEMS, INCLUDING UNDERUTILIZATION BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, HIGH OPERATING COSTS, AND LOW CLIENT PROGRAM COMPLETION RATES. IT WAS RECOMMENDED THAT A STATEWIDE MORATORIUM BE IMPOSED ON THE FUNDING OF ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROJECTS, EXCEPT THOSE TESTING SPECIFIC PROGRAMMATIC MODELS UNDER STRICT EXPERIMENTAL CONTROLS. OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS CALLED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MORE SYSTEMATIC REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR PLACEMENT OF PAROLEES IN HALFWAY HOUSES, REEXAMINATION OF THE ROLE OF GROUP COUNSELING, IMPROVEMENT OF TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR PROJECT STAFF, AND BETTER CLIENT DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES.