PROJECT DEVELOP - DEVELOPING EDUCATIONAL-VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR LONG-TERM OCCUPATIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF PAROLEES - FINAL REPORT

• NCJ Number: 9694
• Author(s): L R Witt
• Date Published: Unknown
• Length: 63 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Labor
• Corporate Author: New York Division of Parole
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AN EXPERIMENTAL AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM OF COUNSELING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT FOR YOUNG OFFENDERS UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE NEW YORK STATE DIVISION OF PAROLE.

Abstract

THE PROJECT WAS CONDUCTED IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA WITH MALE OFFENDERS, AGE 17 TO 23, FROM THE POPULATION OF INDIVIDUALS UNDER PAROLE SUPERVISION IN THE AREA AND OFFENDERS DRAWN DIRECTLY FROM THE INMATE POPULATION AT THE VARIOUS STATE REFORMATORIES. THE MAJORITY WERE FROM THE LATTER GROUP. THE PROJECT SAMPLE CONSISTED OF 115 INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM AND 115 WHO WERE NOT, AS A CONTROL GROUP. THE RESULTS SHOWED A DELINQUENCY RATE OF 15 PERCENT FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM, AND 23 PERCENT FOR THOSE IN THE CONTROL GROUP. THE RECIDIVISM RATE FOR PROJECT PAROLEES WAS 6 PERCENT AND THE CORRESPONDING RATE FOR THE COMPARISON GROUP WAS 12 PERCENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)