NCJ Number
94366
Date Published
1984
Length
43 pages
Annotation
This report is an evaluation of Project Jericho, a 1-year program designed to improve the parole success rate of male Youth Authority wards living in group homes in Sacramento, Fresno, and Bakersfield, Calif.
Abstract
Hypotheses tested assumed that the more achievements made by the resource developers the more improvements would be shown by parolees on prosocial indicators; that the more of these prosocial improvements, the lower the criminal activity level; and that Jericho parolees would show lower criminal activity levels than control groups. A total of 53 parolees made up each group. The Jericho group showed a higher rate of employment; more if its wards attended college than the control group, which sent more wards to high school. Jericho had equivalent or slightly higher levels of recidivism on three measures. Thus the first hypothesis of greater achievements was valid; the hypothesis of less criminal activity was not, nor was the hypothesis of less criminal activity than the control group. Two figures, 16 tables, and 19 references are provided.(Author abstract modified)