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FULTON COUNTY (GA) JUVENILE COURT OUTREACH PROJECT FINAL EVALUATION REPORT, AUGUST 1973 - APRIL 1975

NCJ Number
36532
Author(s)
ANON
Date Published
1975
Length
64 pages
Annotation
FINAL REPORT ON AN IMPACT CITIES PROGRAM TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY PROVIDING INTENSIVE PROBATION AND PROCESSING SERVICES TO 200 TARGET OFFENDERS IDENTIFIED BY THE FULTON COUNTY (GA) JUVENILE COURT.
Abstract
THIS EVALUATION PRESENTS STATISTICS CONTAINED IN A NOVEMBER 1974 INTERIM EVALUATION UPDATED WITH THOSE CONTAINED IN SUBSEQUENT MONTHLY REPORTS. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE GOALS OF REDUCING POST TREATMENT RECIDIVISM AND SERVING A TARGET GROUP OF 200 HAVE BEEN MET OR EXCEEDED WHILE THOSE OF REDUCING TARGET CASES AND CRIMES HAD NOT BEEN ACHIEVED. FINDINGS ALSO REVEALED THAT THE RATE OF RECIDIVISM, TIME TO RECIDIVATE, AND DISPOSITION TIME OF RECIDIVATING YOUTHS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNAFFECTED. A BRIEF COST ANALYSIS OF THE PROJECT IS ALSO PRESENTED.