Evaluating the Clinical Process in Juvenile Diversion Services

• NCJ Number: 84398
• Author(s): M W Peters
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 18 pages
• Sale Source: Eric Document Reproduction Service; Not Available Through National Institute of Justice/NCJRS Document Loan Program
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, San Francisco, Calif., April 19-22, 1978

Annotation

The clinical evaluation package used in this study was designed to: (1) develop an instrument capable of generating client typologies for counselees in juvenile diversion programs; (2) develop a measure of the counseling process that could differentiate client services received in such counseling programs; and (3) provide the programs with a clinical outcome measure.

Abstract

A preliminary analysis based on a small number of returns indicated potentially useful results in all three areas. Good response distribution on several items indicated it may be possible to generate case typologies; variables emerged which provided good case differentiation in how cases are evaluated and treated, as well as delineating the type of client served by each agency, and potential inconsistencies in evaluation and treatment were revealed. (Resources in Education (ERIC) abstract)