NCJ Number
14707
Date Published
1973
Length
35 pages
Annotation
EXAMINES SEVERAL ASPECTS RELATING TO THE CASE PLANNING AND REVIEW PROCEDURE EMPLOYED BY THE YOUTH AUTHORITY SUCH AS EMPHASIS PLACED ON VARIOUS TYPES OF GOALS FOR SIMILAR GROUPS OF WARDS BY STAFFS AT DIFFERENT FACILITIES.
Abstract
THE STUDY POPULATION CONSISTED OF 100 MALE WARDS WHO WERE FIRST COMMITMENTS AND WERE PAROLED FROM THREE YOUTH AUTHORITY INSTITUTIONS DURING JUNE AND JULY OF 1971. THE POPULATION WAS COMPOSED OF 36 WARDS PAROLED FROM THE FRED C. NELLES SCHOOL, 28 WARDS FROM THE KARL HOLTON SCHOOL, AND 36 WARDS FROM THE O. H. CLOSE SCHOOL. BASED ON THREE REPORTS WRITTEN AT DIFFERENT STAGES IN THE CAREERS OF THE WARDS AND ROUTINELY INCLUDED IN THE WARDS' CASE RECORDS, EXPLICIT AND IMPLICIT TREATMENT GOALS WERE CATEGORIZED AND TABULATED FOR THE WARDS IN THE STUDY SAMPLE. IN ADDITION, BASIC PERSONAL AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WARDS WERE TABULATED ACCORDING TO STATISTICAL INFORMATION WHICH IS SYSTEMATICALLY MAINTAINED ON THE YOUTH AUTHORITY WARD POPULATION. THE FINDINGS OF THIS STUDY ARE PRESENTED IN THREE SECTIONS. THE FIRST SECTION COVERS BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STUDY POPULATION. A DISCUSSION OF TREATMENT GOALS AS CITED BY STAFFS AT RECEPTION CENTERS, INSTITUTIONS, AND PAROLE CITE SCHOOL AS THE MOST EMPHASIZED GOAL. AN EXAMINATION OF COMMONALITY OF TREATMENT GOALS INDICATES THAT 30 PERCENT OF THE WARDS HAD GOALS SPECIFIED IN COMMON BY STAFFS AT RECEPTION CENTERS, INSTITUTIONS AND PAROLE. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)