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NCJ Number:	115310

Title:	Effectiveness of Client Specific Planning as an Alternative Sentence, 1981-82: Washington, D.C. and Fairfax, Montgomery, and Prince Georges Counties

Author(s):	W H Clements

Date Published:	1988

Page Count:	99

Sponsoring Agency:	Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research Ann Arbor, MI 48106 National Institute of Justice/ Rockville, MD 20849

Grant Number:	85-IJ-CX-0047

Publication Number:	ICPSR 8943

Sale Source:	National Institute of Justice/ NCJRS paper reproduction Box 6000, Dept F Rockville, MD 20849 United States of America Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research P.O. Box 1248 Ann Arbor, MI 48106 United States of America

Document:	PDF

Dataset:	DATASET 1

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This analysis explains the variables, coding system, and research methods used in gathering a set of data focusing on the evaluation of the Client Specific Planning (CSP) program, a program offering non-incarcerative sentencing options and alternatives prepared for judges and presented by a caseworker of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives.

Abstract:	The study measured the impact of the program on sentence length, sentence severity, the effectiveness of the program at diverting serious felony offenders from incarceration, and the rate, type, seriousness, and timing of recidivism in a 24-month post-sentence risk period. Variables are provided for each defendant on demographic characteristics, criminal history, prior counseling experiences, prior incarceration, charges and dispositions of the recidivist arrests, and types of sentencing alternatives recommended in CSP. The court jurisdictions were Washington, D.C., Fairfax County (Va.), and Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties (Md.).

Main Term(s):	Client specific planning

Index Term(s):	Alternatives to institutionalization; District of Columbia; Maryland; Program evaluation; Sentencing recommendations; Services effectiveness; Virginia



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