NCJ Number
65782
Date Published
1980
Length
51 pages
Annotation
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AN EXPERIMENTAL TEST TO IDENTIFY AND ASSESS APPROACHES FOR SUPERVISING DEFENDANTS RELEASED FROM PRETRIAL CUSTODY ON CONDITIONS DESIGNED TO ASSURE THEIR APPEARANCE IN COURT.
Abstract
THE TEST HAD THREE PRIMARY PURPOSES: TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF THE SUPERVISED RELEASE PROGRAM ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUPERVISED RELEASE ACTIVITIES ON THE FAILURE TO APPEAR RATES OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS, AND TO ASSESS THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUPERVISED RELEASE ACTIVITIES ON THE RATES OF PRETRIAL CRIME OF PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS. PROGRAM COMPONENTS TO BE TESTED INCLUDED THE BASIC PROGRAM STRUCTURE, THE TARGET GROUP, PROGRAM ADMISSION, SUPERVISED RELEASE ACTIVITIES, AND MONITORING PROCEDURES. EVALUATION FOCUSED ON THE PRIMARY PURPOSES OF THE TEST, THE ANALYTIC FRAMEWORK AND EVALUATION DESIGN, AND THE MEASUREMENT OF IMPACT ON THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. THE TEST EFFORT WAS DESIGNED FOR IMPLEMENTATION WITHIN THREE JURISDICTIONS AND WAS DIVIDED INTO THE STAGES OF INITIAL RECRUITMENT AND PLANNING (5 MONTHS), CLIENT INTAKE, ASSIGNMENT TO TEST GROUPS, IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES (18 MONTHS), AND PREPARATION OF DATA FOR EVALUATION AND CLOSE OUT (1 MONTH). SITE SELECTION CRITERIA CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL TO TEST DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ARE LISTED, AS WELL AS SITE SELECTION CRITERIA CONSIDERED HELPFUL. A LIST OF SOURCE MATERIAL FOR SUPERVISED RELEASE PROGRAM TEST DESIGN IS ATTACHED.