KENTUCKY'S ADULT HALF-WAY HOUSES - SIX MONTH FOLLOW-UP

• NCJ Number: 38278
• Author(s): R THOMPSON; P SIMS; M E CURTIN
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 19 pages
• Grant Number(s): 1829-015-C76
• Corporate Author: Kentucky Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY FOCUSED ON THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM AMONG 130 PAROLEES WHO ENTERED AND TERMINATED FROM THE KENTUCKY HALFWAY HOUSE PROGRAM DURING 1975 FOR THE SIX-MONTH PERIOD FOLLOWING THEIR RELEASE.

Abstract

IN ADDITION TO REVIEWING THE STUDY GROUP'S REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF RECIDIVISM AND EMPLOYMENT, HALFWAY HOUSE PARTICIPANTS WERE COMPARED WITH OTHER LOUISVILLE PAROLEES AND HALFWAY HOUSE PAROLEES IN OTHER STATES. IT WAS FOUND THAT 51 PERCENT OF THE HALFWAY HOUSE GROUP HAD REMAINED IN THE COMMUNITY WITH NO SIGNIFICANT CONTACT WITH THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, 27 PERCENT HAD PENDING CHARGES, AND 22 PERCENT HAD BEEN REINCARCERATED. IT WAS FURTHER FOUND THAT ONLY 43 PERCENT OF THE HALFWAY HOUSE GROUP HAD CURRENT OR CONSISTENT EMPLOYMENT DURING THE FOLLOW-UP PERIOD. THE KENTUCKY STATISTICS COMPARE FAVORABLY WITH A NATIONAL STUDY OVER A MUCH LONGER TIME SPAN BUT UNFAVORABLY WITH STATISTICS ON MINNESOTA'S HALFWAY HOUSE PAROLEES.