PHILADELPHIA - COURT OF COMMON PLEAS - PRE-HEARING INTENSIVE SUPERVISION PROGRAM - EVALUATION FINAL AND PROGRESS REPORT, 1974-1975

• NCJ Number: 30675
• Author(s): L Rosen; C Fenwick
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 30 pages
• Grant Number(s): PH-74-C-C4-5-220
• Sponsoring Agency: Pennsylvania Governor's Justice Cmssn
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE PRE-HEARING INTENSIVE SUPERVISION (PHIS) A PROGRAM DESIGNED TO SUPERVISE CERTAIN TYPES OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS DURING THE PERIOD PRIOR TO THEIR FORMAL ADJUDICATORY HEARING.

Abstract

THE MAJOR AIM OF PHIS IS TO ENABLE THE BOY TO MAINTAIN A REASONABLY NORMAL LIFE (RESIDING AT HOME, ATTENDING SCHOOL, ETC.) WHILE AWAITING AN ADJUDICATORY HEARING, AND TO MINIMIZE THE RISK TO THE COMMUNITY. PHIS PROBATION OFFICERS PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING SERVICES: TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM COURT HEARINGS, NEURO-PSYCHIATRIC EXAMINATIONS, AND SCHOOL: TUTORING; REFERRALS TO OTHER SOCIAL AGENCIES; CURFEW CHECKS; ASSISTING CLIENT'S FAMILIES WHO ARE RELOCATING; AND APPEARING IN COURT ON ALL CASES. THERE WAS A MAXIMUM CASELOAD OF SEVEN FOR THE SEVEN PROBATION OFFICERS. THIS EVALUATION ADDRESSES DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS, PAST COURT RECORD, AND THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE AGAINST PHIS CLIENTS; THE LIKELIHOOD OF ARREST DURING THE PRE-TRIAL HEARING PERIOD FOR PHIS BOYS COMPARED TO A CONTROL OF UNSUPERVISED BOYS; AND THE OUTCOME OF PHIS BOYS' FINAL ADJUDICATORY HEARINGS.