NCJ Number
42718
Date Published
1975
Length
25 pages
Annotation
MASSACHUSETTS HALFWAY HOUSES, INC. (MHHI) IS A PRIVATED ORGANIZATION CONTRACTED IN 1972 TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY BASED FACILITIES TO WHICH SOME 120 OFFENDERS COULD BE TRANSFERRED PRIOR TO THEIR RELEASE ON PAROLE.
Abstract
THE THREE MHHI FACILITIES WERE TO PROVIDE 30 BEDS TO SERVE APPROXIMATELY 120 MEN DURING A 12-MONTH PERIOD. AT ITS INCEPTION, MHHI ACCEPTED RESIDENTS ON POST-RELEASE BASIS ONLY, BUT IN FEBRUARY 1970, IT ALSO BEGAN ACCEPTING RESIDENTS ON A PRE-RELEASE BASIS. THIS REPORT IS THE FIRST STAGE OF A THREE-PART OVERALL EVALUATION OF RESIDENTS ADMITTED TO MHHI ON A PRE-RELEASE BASIS DURING 1974. A TOTAL OF 85 RESIDENTS WERE ADMITTED TO MHHI ON A PRE-RELEASE BASIS DURING THIS YEAR. INCLUDED ARE STATISTICAL DATA REGARDING THE MOVEMENT OF POPULATION IN AND OUT OF THE PRE-RELEASE PROGRAMS, PROGRAM TERMINATION DATA, AND A STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN OF BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. THE SECOND STAGE OF THE EVALUATION WILL BE A COMPARISON OF COMMITMENT, BACKGROUND, AND CRIMINAL HISTORY VARIABLES BETWEEN MHHI PROGRAM COMPLETERS AND PROGRAM NON-COMPLETERS. THE THIRD AND FINAL PORTION OF THE EVALUATION WILL BE A ONE-YEAR RECIDIVISM FOLLOW-UP FOR THE 1974 RELEASE SAMPLE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) ...ELW