Demographic Factors Related to Successful Completion of Community Corrections Programs (From Criminal Justice in Minnesota Proceedings, P 77-84 - See NCJ-84559)

• NCJ Number: 84566
• Author(s): P Rode
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 9 pages
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Available on microfiche as NCJ-84559

Annotation

The paper studied the clients of five community corrections programs in Hennepin County, Minn., to determine the relationship between certain demographic variables and successful program completion.

Abstract

The five programs were all residential programs in operation for 5 or 6 years. They varied with respect to referral sources, program emphasis, and average length of stay. The demographic variables studied included education, age, race, prior juvenile and adult record, correctional status, and current offense. The level of education was related to successful completion in all five programs; the less educated clients were less likely to complete the residential phase. The clearest division was between clients who had not finished high school and those with either a high school diploma or equivalency diploma. In four of the five programs, the youngest and oldest clients were the least likely to finish; however, the age range of the intermediate group, which had the highest completion rate, varied from program to program. No significant differences were found between black and white clients. The completion rate for American Indians was substantially below that of both blacks and whites. Clients with prior juvenile records were less likely to complete the programs, whereas adult records had different relationships to completions at different programs. Parolees were less likely to complete their programs than were probationers. The type of offense had no consistent relationship to the outcomes. Tables are included.