FLORIDA - 11TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT - DADE COUNTY - PRETRIAL INTERVENTION PROGRAM - REPORT, JANUARY 17, 1972 - JULY 18, 1974

• NCJ Number: 25091
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 28 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Florida Governor's Council on Criminal Justice; US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Dade Cty Pretrial Intervention Program
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REPORT ON A PROGRAM TO OFFER COORDINATED SERVICES TO SELECTED YOUTHFUL FIRST OFFENDERS IN THE AREAS OF PERSONAL COUNSELING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING AND PLACEMENT, EDUCATIONAL ASSITANCE, AND NARCOTIC REHABILITATION.

Abstract

PROSECUTION OF CHARGES IS DEFERRED FOR AN INITIAL THREE TO SIX MONTHS, AND ASSUMING SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, THE CHARGES ARE DROPPED. THE PROGRAM'S PURPOSE IF TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM BY REMOVING THESE YOUNG FIRST OFFENDERS FROM THE CRIME CYCLE AND IMPROVING THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. EVALUATION, THROUGH ANALYSIS OF RECIDIVISM DATA, AND FOLLOWUP SURVEYS TO DETERMINE EMPLOYMENT STATUS, WAS MADE FOR FIRST THIRTY MONTHS IN WHICH THE PROGRAM PROCESSED OVER ONE THOUSAND YOUTHS. RECIDIVISM AMONG THOSE WHO SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE PROGRAM WAS FOUND TO BE ONE THIRD OF THE RATE AMONG NON-PROGRAM YOUTHS, AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF EMPLOYMENT AND JOB STABILITY WAS GREATER. COST OF PROCESSING YOUTHS THROUGH THE PROGRAM WAS LESS THAN HALF THAT OF PROCESSING THEM THROUGH COURTS AND PROBATION SERVICES.