NCJ Number
128500
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 36 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1990) Pages: 126-145
Date Published
1990
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This article identifies the conditions critical to the implementation and viability of intensive supervision programs (ISP's), based on a literature review and an assessment of the 11 ISP programs in the Bureau of Justice Assistance's Intensive Supervision Probation/Parole Demonstration Project.
Abstract
The demonstration project is designed to field test a model based on the Georgia Intensive Supervision Program which requires much closer control and monitoring of serious offenders than that imposed by regular supervision. Test sites were instructed to implement the basic Georgia ISP model, but to tailor the program to local needs, resources, and clientele. Nine conditions were identified as being crucial to effective program coordination and implementation. The project must address a pressing local problem and must have clearly articulated goals that reflect the needs and desires of the client. The project must have a receptive environment in both the "parent" organization and the larger system. The change and its implementation should not be complex and broad, and the organization must have a leader committed to the objectives and implications of the project. Practitioners must make the project their own; the project must have clear lines of authority; and the organization must have plentiful resources, low staff turnover, and politically secure administrators. 9 notes and 13 references