WASHINGTON - JUVENILE PROBATION SUBSIDY PROGRAM EVALUATION, JULY 1975

• NCJ Number: 38386
• Author(s): W CORWIN; G LANSTRA
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 50 pages
• Corporate Author: Washington Dept of Social and Health Services
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EVALUATION OF A WASHINGTON PROGRAM TO REDUCE COSTS TO THE STATE OF REHABILITATING JUVENILE OFFENDERS AND TO UPGRADE THE QUALITY OF PROBATION SERVICES TO JUVENILES BY SUBSIDIZING COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM.

Abstract

THE JUVENILE PROBATION SUBSIDY ACT, WHICH BECAME EFFECTIVE IN JANUARY 1970, WAS DESIGNED TO REDUCE COMMITMENT RATES TO STATE JUVENILE REHABILITATION FACILITIES; REDUCE OVERALL JUVENILE REHABILITATION COSTS TO THE STATE; PROVIDE HIGHER QUALITY PROBATION SERVICES TO YOUTH; PROVIDE INCREASED PROTECTION TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH UNIFORM PROBATION SUPERVISION; AND TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM. DATA FOR THIS EVALUATION WERE OBTAINED FROM THE COMPUTERIZED FILES MAINTAINED BY THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS. THESE FILES CONTAIN INFORMATION ON EACH ADMISSION TO THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM AS TO SOCIAL AND FAMILY HISTORY, OFFENSE HISTORY, EDUCATIONAL AND VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, AND OTHER CLASSIFICATIONS AND DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES. RESULTS INDICATE THAT A DRAMATIC DROP IN ADMISSIONS TO JUVENILE FACILITIES, A COMMITMENT REDUCTION SAVINGS OF $18,988 PER AVERAGE COMMITMENT, AND REDUCED PROBATION OFFICER CASELOADS AND EXPENDITURES WERE EXPERIENCED. APPENDIXES CONTAIN PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT AND RELEASE REPORTS AS WELL AS DATA ON SEX, AGE AT ASSIGNMENT, AND OFFENSE BY RACE; INDICATED SERVICE NEEDS AND YEAR OF ASSIGNMENT BY SEX, RACE, AND OFFENSE; AND SERVICES PROVIDED AND YEAR OF RELEASE BY SEX, RACE, AND OFFENSE.