NCJ Number
86164
Date Published
1981
Length
20 pages
Annotation
The Community Corrections Act enacted in Minnesota in 1973 was evaluated with respect to its effect on local correctional programming, with emphasis on the range and quantity of correctional services available locally after the law's implementation.
Abstract
The study focused on services in the areas of education, substance abuse, mental health, counseling in employment and living skills, supervision, treatment, incarceration, and diagnosis and referral. The quality of correctional programming was indicated by changes in the numbers of programs and the numbers of clients using the programs. Data from 1972 through 1979 in each Community Corrections Act area formed the basis of the evaluation. All but one of the geographic areas showed improvement in at least one of the quantitative indicators. For example, the Dodge-Fillmore-Olmsted area and the Crow Wing-Morrison area both increased their number of programs as a result of participation in the Act. However, the increase in the ranges of services in these areas experienced greater increases in the range of services. The improved programming generally focused on offenders rather than on pre-offenders. Services for juveniles tended to receive more emphasis in the improvement efforts than did services for adults. Tables are included.