FULTON COUNTY (GA) JUVENILE COURT OUTREACH PROJECT FINAL EVALUATION REPORT, AUGUST 1973 - APRIL 1975

• NCJ Number: 36532
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 64 pages
• Grant Number(s): 72-ED-04-0023
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Georgia Institute of Technology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

FINAL REPORT ON AN IMPACT CITIES PROGRAM TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE PROBATION AND PROCESSING SERVICES TO 200 TARGET OFFENDERS IDENTIFIED BY THE FULTON COUNTY (GA) JUVENILE COURT.

Abstract

THIS EVALUATION PRESENTS STATISTICS CONTAINED IN A NOVEMBER 1974 INTERIM EVALUATION UPDATED WITH THOSE CONTAINED IN SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY REPORTS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GOALS OF REDUCING POST TREATMENT RECIDIVISM AND SERVING A TARGET GROUP OF 200 HAVE BEEN MET OR EXCEEDED WHILE THOSE OF REDUCING TARGET CASES AND CRIMES HAD NOT BEEN ACHIEVED. FINDINGS ALSO REVEALED THAT THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM, TIME TO RECIDIVATE, AND DISPOSITION TIME OF RECIDIVATING YOUTHS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNAFFECTED. A BRIEF COST ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT IS ALSO PRESENTED.