WEST VIRGINIA - VOLUNTEERS IN CORRECTIONS - EVALUATION, AUGUST 5, 1975

• NCJ Number: 42070
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 80 pages
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: EVALUATION OF PROJECT F801-72-000-S(E) 7401-F05001-N

Annotation

THIS STUDY TAKES A LOOK AT THE PROGRESS TOWARD ESTABLISHING A VOLUNTEER UNIT WITHIN THE DIVISION OF CORRECTIONS OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA.

Abstract

THE PROGRAM SET OUT TO ESTABLISH AN ON-GOING RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAM TO SELECT VOLUNTEERS WHO WOULD WORK WITH PROBATION AND PAROLE OFFICERS, BE GIVEN A CASELOAD, AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND SERVICE DURING THE OFFENDER'S TRANSITION FROM INSTITUTION TO COMMUNITY. IT ALSO HOPED TO REDUCE THE RECIDIVISM RATE OF THOSE OFFENDERS WHO HAD A VOLUNTEER ASSIGNED TO THEM. THE EVALUATION FOUND THAT THE VOLUNTEERS HAD BEEN UNDER UTILIZED BY MANY PAROLE OFFICERS, THAT THERE WAS A NEED FOR BETTER COORDINATION OF VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT, AND THAT A MORE COMPREHENSIVE STUDY OF THE PROGRAM WAS NEEDED....BDS