OREGON - CASE MANAGEMENT CORRECTIONS SERVICES PROJECT EVALUATION REPORT NUMBER 1, FEBRUARY 1974

• NCJ Number: 15722
• Author(s): C GOFF; D BROWN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 14 pages
• Corporate Author: Oregon Law Enforcement Council; Multnomah County Department of Human Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF REPEAT TARGET OFFENSES BY TWO PER CENT AMONG THE CLIENTS IT SERVED.

Abstract

TARGET OFFENSES FOR THIS PROJECT INCLUDED BURGLARY, ROBBERY, ASSAULT (INCLUDING MENANCING WITH A WEAPON), HOMICIDE, AND RAPE. TWO GROUPS OF CASE MANAGEMENT CLIENTS--ONE WITH SIX AND ONE WITH THREE MONTHS OF SERVICE EXHIBITED A 58 AND 91 PERCENT REDUCTION RESPECTIVELY IN THE NUMBER OF REPEAT TARGET OFFENSES DURING CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICE AS COMPARED TO EQUIVALENT TIME PERIODS BEFORE SERVICE. THE MEAN DIFFERENCE IN THE NUMBER OF OFFENSES PER CLIENT WAS HIGHLY SIGNIFICANT, STATISTICALLY. THERE WERE NOT ENOUGH CONTROL-GROUP CLIENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE ASSESSMENT. THE PROJECT ASSUMED CORRECTIONAL SERVICE FOR 442 CLIENTS DURING THE 1973 CALENDAR YEAR--82 PERCENT OF THE 540 CLIENTS. REFERRED. CHARGES AGAINST 47 CLIENTS--9 PERCENT--WERE UNSUBSTANTIATED AND 46 CLIENTS--9 PERCENT WERE ASSIGNED TO THE CONTROL GROUP. WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS CASELOADS DID NOT EXCEED 20 PER CASE MANAGER. THE MEDIAN NUMBER OF DAYS FROM CLIENT ASSIGNMENT TO CASE MANAGER TO CASE STAFFING WAS 34--13 DAYS LONGER THAN THE OBJECTIVE TO EFFECT CASE STAFFINGS WITHIN THREE WEEKS. TABULAR DATA IS SUPPLIED. FOR EVALUATION REPORT NUMBER TWO, SEE NCJ-015723. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)