NCJ Number
101007
Date Published
1985
Length
418 pages
Annotation
This client outcome assessment for the New Pride Replication Program, which consisted of 10 replications of Denver's program for the community integration of serious juvenile offenders, focuses on client program achievements and recidivism.
Abstract
Project New Pride is a community-based, comprehensive program of integrated services for serious multiple delinquent offenders. Major program components are intensive supervision, diagnostic assessment, alternative education, employment, volunteer support, and the use of a management information system to monitor service delivery. The evaluation used data from the management information system to measure project impact on school achievement, the remediation of learning disabilities, recidivism, the number incarcerated, and the relative effectiveness of alternative types of services. The projects were highly successful in providing intended services, and the clients, on average, gained significantly on academic achievement tests. School participation improved during and after the program. Sixty percent of the clients obtained jobs while in the program. Academic gain scores, however, had no relationship to recidivism (1-year followup) after program completion. Clients with fewer deficits upon entering the program were most likely not to recidivate. Findings suggest that knowledge and skill levels, rather than gains, determine a client's ability to integrate successfully in the community. Tabular data and 5 references. For the full report summary, see NCJ 101006.