Three Data Driven Supervision Protocols for Parole Violations (Georgia)

This is a program that defines supervision protocols for parolees. The goal is to achieve greater success in serving open sentences and reducing recidivism.
The program identifies and analyzes effective interventions to develop protocols based on data collected on open offenders and probationers.
The protocols analyze situations of drug addiction, unemployment, and chronic offending behaviors, and assess the risk of recidivism, average time interval to recidivism, and police interventions with a positive impact.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed statistically significant results, with 24% of participants who received the intervention having more arrests for a new misdemeanor offense, compared to 18% of the control group, who did not receive the intervention. Participants did significantly worse in terms of probation revocations. No significant effects were found for unemployment status during probation, nor for drug abuse and technical probation violations [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Meredith, T. & Prevost, J. (2009). Developing Data Driven Supervision Protocols For Positive Parole Outcomes: Final Project Report. The National Institute of Justice (NIJ). https://www.ojp.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/228855.pdf

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