SOME FINDINGS FROM CORRECTIONAL CASELOAD RESEARCH (FROM PROBATION AND PAROLE - SELECTED READINGS, 1970, JOHN WILEY & SONS - SEE NCJ-03284)

• NCJ Number: 3445
• Journal: Federal Probation Volume: 31 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1967) Pages: 48-57
• Author(s): S ADAMS
• Date Published: 1967
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: John Wiley and Sons
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESEARCH REVIEW OF THE EFFECTS OF CASELOAD SIZE ON CORRECTIONAL OUTCOME.

Abstract

STUDIES ARE REVIEWED FROM THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, LOS ANGELES COUNTY PROBATION DEPARTMENT, CALIFORNIA YOUTH AUTHORITY, AND FEDERAL PROBATION AND PAROLE. MOST OF THESE STUDIES HAVE DETERMINED THAT, DESPITE THE PRELIMINARY INDICATIONS OF SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE BY EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS DURING THE EARLY PHASES OF THE REDUCED CASELOADS PROGRAMS, THESE INDICATIONS EVENTUALLY VANISHED. WHEN ADDITIONAL EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION AND THE ADDITIONAL TIME EXPERIENCED BY CORRECTIONAL PERSONNEL IS PUT TO GOOD USE, SMALL CASELOADS DO SEEM TO HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON CORRECTIONAL PROGRAM SUCCESS.