USING AN OFFENDER BASED TRANSACTION RECORD FOR PROGRAM MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• NCJ Number: 13449
• Author(s): R GALBRAITH; W COOPER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 32 pages
• Corporate Author: Arizona Dept of Corrections
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

OUTLINE OF THE JUVENILE INFORMATION SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, INCLUDING SYSTEM OBJECTIVES, OPERATIONS, AND SAMPLE PRINTOUT REPORTS.

Abstract

THIS SYSTEM WAS REDESIGNED SO THAT A SINGLE COMPUTERIZED DATA FILE COULD SERVE AS THE BASIS FOR POPULATION ACCOUNTING, ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS, AND FOR MONITORING INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS AND EVALUATING PROGRAMS. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE ARIZONA DEPARTMENT'S JUVENILE PROGRAM IS OUTLINED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE NEW SYSTEM ARE THEN PRESENTED, AND INCLUDE AN IMPROVED INFORMATION FLOW, AND A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING INDIVIDUALS REQUIRING SPECIFIC SERVICES OR MEETING SPECIFIED CONDITIONS. THE SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS ARE DESCRIBED, AND SAMPLE PRINTOUTS, SUCH AS THE MASTER RECORD REPORT, THE DIAGNOSTIC SUMMARY REPORT, ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF JUVENILES WITH CERTAIN SPECIFIED CHARACTERISTICS, LOCATION/PROGRAM REPORT, AND CONTROL ROSTER ARE PRESENTED. THE APPENDIX INCLUDES THE DATA ELEMENTS AND CODING FORMS.