GAO'S (GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE'S) EXPERIENCE IN ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBATION (FROM OPERATIONS RESEARCH IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, JUSTICE AND SOCIETAL SECURITY, 1976, BY S H BROUNSTEIN - SEE NCJ-38116)

• NCJ Number: 38133
• Author(s): K BRACEY; R FOGEL; W JOHNSTON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: D C Heath and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE METHODS FOR CARRYING OUT AND ANTICIPATED BENEFITS FROM THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE'S VALIDATION TESTING OF NINE PROBATION MODELS IN THREE CITIES.

Abstract

THE MODELS, IF VALIDATED, SHOULD HELP PROBATION OFFICES UTILIZE THEIR RESOURCES MORE EFFECTIVELY BY BEING ABLE TO PREDICT WHICH PROBATIONERS ARE IN GREATEST NEED OF SUPERVISION, WHICH PROBATIONERS ARE IN GREATEST NEED OF SERVICES, AND WHICH PROBATIONERS ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO SUCCEED IF RELEASED EARLY. THE USEFULNESS OF MODELS IN GENERAL IS DISCUSSED.