Social Context of Intensive Supervision: Organizational and Ecological Influences on Community Treatment (From Intensive Interventions With High-Risk Youths, P 341-394, 1991, Troy L Armstrong, ed. -- See NCJ-129819)

• NCJ Number: 129831
• Author(s): J Fagan; C Reinarman
• Date Published: 1991
• Length: 54 pages
• Sale Source: Criminal Justice Press/Willow Tree Press
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

This study evaluates a 3-year demonstration project of intensive probation supervision for serious juvenile offenders in Contra Costa County, Calif.

Abstract

Encouraged by positive early evaluation results for the Serious Offender Project (SOP), a long-term (36 months) followup study was begun to examine whether these differences would be sustained over time and, if so, for what types of wards and under what sorts of conditions. This report first outlines Contra Costa County as a region marked by rapid demographic and economic change, but typical of many parts of the United States. The study methodology is next reviewed, followed by descriptive information on SOP clients. The impacts on recidivism for SOP and regular probationers are then assessed as are the program's implications for public safety. Four measures of criminality are used to examine various definitions of recidivism. The analyses also examine the SOP in the context of ecological variables that differentiate the unique regions within the county and determine factors in a probationer's immediate social area that mediate the effects of intensive supervision. The final sections identify the developmental and social factors that conjoin with the SOP to impact on recidivism. Both practical and theoretical implications are drawn from these analyses. 16 tables, 10 notes, and 47 references