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CASE MANAGEMENT CORRECTIONS SERVICES PROJECT - EVALUATION REPORT NO 5 - PRELIMINARY INDIVIDUAL PLANS AND OUTCOME ASSESSMENT

NCJ Number
28856
Author(s)
D BROWN; C GOFF
Date Published
1975
Length
6 pages
Annotation
DISCUSSION OF TECHNIQUE AND FINDINGS FROM THE APPLICATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL PLANS AND OUTCOMES (IPO) PROCESS TO THE CLIENT'S STAFFING UPON ENTRY TO THIS PROJECT PROVIDING COMMUNITY-BASED PROBATION SERVICES TO PORTLAND JUVENILES.
Abstract
THE IPO PROCESS IS A CASEWORK-EVALUATION TECHNIQUE DESIGNED TO ASSIST IN ARTICULATING SPECIFIC CLIENT-LEVEL PROBLEM AREAS, IN DEVISING A COURSE OF PLANNED ACTION, AND FOLLOW-UP MEASUREMENT RELATIVE TO THE SPECIFIC PROBLEM AREAS. THIS REPORT PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF CLIENT PROBLEM AREAS TOWARDS WHICH SERVICES ARE DIRECTED AND A MEASUREABLE INDICATION OF THE 'OUTCOMES'. THE IPO TECHNIQUE WAS IMPLEMENTED DURING AUGUST 1973 AND DATA IS INCLUDED THROUGH JANUARY 1975 ON 96 CLIENTS (22 PER CENT OF THE CLIENTS ASSIGNED TO THE PROJECT DURING THIS TIME PERIOD. EACH IPO WAS SCORED FOR THE CLIENT'S PERFORMANCE AT THE TIME OF IPO CONSTRUCTION AND AT THE PRESCRIBED FOLLOW-UP DATE. CLIENT IMPROVEMENT, AS MEASURED BY PRE AND POST-IPO MEASUREMENTS, WAS SIGNIFICANT BEYOND THE .001 LEVEL. FIVE PROBLEM AREAS EDUCATION, INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES, WORK, TIME STRUCTURING, AND LEGAL - ACCOUNTED FOR 70 PER CENT OF THE SCALES CONSTRUCTED. EDUCATION AND INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS/SOCIAL ACTIVITIES WERE THE TWO MOST FREQUENT PROBLEM AREAS ENCOUNTERED.

Grant Number(s)
74-NI-10-0002
Sponsoring Agency
US Dept of Justice
Address

United States

US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
Address

810 Seventh Street, NW, Washington, DC 20531, United States

Corporate Author
Oregon Law Enforcement Council
Address

2001 Front Street, NE, Salem, OR 97303, United States

Publication Format
Document
Publication Type
Program/Project Evaluation
Language
English
Country
United States of America