TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE INTERNS WHO CONDUCTED THE STUDY RECOMMENDED PERIODIC REMOVAL AND DESTRUCTION OF CASE FILES. THE PROCEDURES RECOMMENDED FOR HANDLING INACTIVE CASE FILES INVOLVED RETAINING RECORDS FOR A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS AFTER RELEASE FROM CORRECTIONAL SUPERVISION, BASED ON CRIME SERIOUSNESS. AFTER THIS TIME, CASE FILES WOULD BE SUBJECT TO A PURGE REVIEW. DURING THE PURGE REVIEW, INFORMATION IN THE CASE FILES TO BE USED FOR RESEARCH, HISTORICAL OR STATISTICAL PURPOSES WOULD BE COMPILED ON A MASTER DOCUMENT. THE MASTER DOCUMENT WOULD THEN BE MICROFILMED TO BE STORED INDEFINITELY. THE REST OF THE INFORMATION IN THE CASE FILE, IF FOUND USELESS, WOULD THEN BE DESTROYED. IT WAS INTENDED BY THE AUTHORS THAT SPECIFIC POLICY FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL AGENCY BE DEVELOPED IN-HOUSE ACCORDING TO NEED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)..EB