SHOCK PROBATION - A COST ANALYSIS OF THE ECONOMIC IMPACT ON CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN OHIO

• NCJ Number: 27449
• Author(s): R D THOMPSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 45 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: YOUNGSTOWN STATE UNIVERSITY THESIS

Annotation

REPORT ON A STUDY TO ESTIMATE THE TOTAL COST OF THE 'SHOCK' PROBATION PROGRAM IN OHIO AND TO EXAMINE AND COMPARE ALTERNATIVES WITH THE PRESENT PRACTICE.

Abstract

IT WAS FOUND THAT THE INCARCERATION OF 'SHOCK' PROBATIONERS IN STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS, HOWEVER, INCURS MANY ECONOMIC COSTS, I.E., THE BASIC COSTS OF SUPPORT, THE COSTS INVOLVED IN PROCESSING THE OFFENDER AT THE TIME OF ENTRY INTO THE PRISON SYSTEM, INMATE WAGES, RELEASE MONEY, AND CONCEIVABLY, THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE OVERPOPULATION OF INMATES. AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE PRESENT PRACTICE WOULD BE THE INCARCERATION OF SHOCK PROBATIONERS IN A LOCAL JAIL FOR THIS BRIEF PERIOD OF CONFINEMENT. THE PER DIEM COSTS FOR MAINTAINING AN OFFENDER ARE LESS IN A JAIL-TYPE FACILITY AS COMPARED TO A STATE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION. IN ADDITION, MANY OF THE DYSFUNCTIONAL ASPECTS INHERENT IN ITS PRESENT PRACTICE WOULD BE ELIMINATED IF 'SHOCK' PROBATIONERS WERE HOUSED IN LOCAL JAILS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)