PHILADELPHIA - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS - EVALUATION OF THE COMMUNITY RELATED INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION

• NCJ Number: 27460
• Author(s): S TURNER
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 33 pages
• Grant Number(s): PH-141-73A
• Sponsoring Agency: Pennsylvania Governor's Justice Cmssn
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

CRIP (COMMUNITY RELATED INSTITUTIONAL PROBATION) IS A PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS THE PROBATION OFFICER TO START WORKING WITH THE JUVENILE AT THE TIME OF COMMITMENT.

Abstract

THIS EARLY-ON DELIVERY OF PROBATION SERVICES HAS HAD 1590 ADMITS. AS OF NOVEMBER, 1973 THERE HAD BEEN 298 YOUTHS RELEASED FROM CRIP OF WHICH 47 PERCENT HAD BEEN RE-ARRESTED. THIS IS A LOWER ARREST RATE THAN PREVIOUS CRIP RELEASES AND LOWER THAN THE ARREST RATE OF THE PROBATION RELEASES IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO CRIP. THE PROGRAM WORKS BEST FOR OLDER MALES AND LEAST WELL FOR YOUNGER MALES, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO COME FROM A FAMILY WITHOUT BOTH PARENTS. THERE IS NO INCREASE OR DECREASE IN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE OFFENSE FOR CRIP RELEASES WHO ARE RE-ARRESTED. RECOMMENDED IS A DIFFERENT PROGRAM FOR THOSE VERY YOUNG AT THE TIME OF THEIR ADMISSION. STATISTICS ON YOUTHS IN CRIP COVER AGE, SEX, RACE, RELIGION, FAMILY STATUS, SIBLINGS WITH COURT RECORDS, PRIOR ARRESTS, FAMILY INCOME, CONTACTS BY PROBATION OFFICER, MONTHS ON PROBATION, AND SOURCE OF INCOME. ALSO GIVEN ARE AGE AT FIRST CONTACT WITH COURT, SERIOUSNESS OF LAST ARREST LENGTH OF PRIOR COMMITMENT, AND ENTRY IN AFTER-CARE PROGRAM.