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Orange County Substance Abuse Crime Prevention Act of 2000 Outcome and Recidivism Study. Orange County District Attorney’s Office Katie J.B. Parsons, Ph.D. Research Manager. District Attorney Evaluation. Demographics Who is being served? Criminal and drug histories - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Orange County District Attorney’s OfficeKatie J.B. Parsons, Ph.D.
Research Manager
Demographics◦ Who is being served?
Criminal and drug histories◦ Are those with less serious criminal histories more likely to
succeed?◦ Are those with more shorter drug histories more likely to succeed?◦ Is the existence of previous court-order treatment predictive of
success or failure?
Program Progress◦ Do those who complete the program have lower rates of recidivism?◦ Do PVs and NLVs predict success and/or recidivism?
Focused on 2nd year Participants (2002-2003)◦ Defendants
13,000 were eligible 3,347 sentenced 386 completed sample
Data collected mid to late 2006 (1 year follow up)◦ Data
District Attorney Case Management System Superior Court VISION State and Federal Criminal Histories
Evaluation completed early 2007 There have been no updates to data Definition of Success
◦Dismissal
A typical defendant was a white male in his early 30s who had a prior criminal conviction(s)
Sample was comparable to those who were sentenced and those who were eligible
Number of Prior Arrests
No Criminal History
5%
Minor Criminal History (1-2
arrests)17%
Moderate Criminal
History (3-5 arrests)
29%
Extensive Criminal
History (6 or more arrests)
49%
Types of Offenders
Violent (>=3)5%
Property (>=3)10%
Minor Property26%
Other4%
No Arrests5%
Drug (>=3)9%
Minor Drug11% Minor Violent
30%
Prior Drug Arrests◦ 40% had 1-2 prior drug arrests◦ 26% had 3-5 prior drug arrests◦ 13% had 6 or more prior drug arrests
Approximately 37% had a “recorded” previous court-ordered drug treatment
Average length of drug histories was 8 years
Sentenced in Court Assessment by Probation Referred to Treatment by HCA Enrolled in Treatment Complete Treatment Complete Program
◦ Includes all completion of all probation terms
Progress through SACPA Program Stages
Seen by Probation for Assessment
11%
Seen by HCA Referred to Treatment
6%
Completed25%
Failed to Report20%
Enrolled in Treatment -
Failed38%
80% charged with at least 1 PV Roughly 1 in 8 (12%) were removed for PVs
and resentenced. (lower that state evaluation 20%)
50% charged with a NLV ◦ 33% new drug◦ 10% new property◦ 7% new violence
Roughly 1 in 6 (16%) were removed for NLVs
Demographics Criminal and drug histories
◦ Are those with less serious criminal histories more likely to succeed?
◦ Are those with more shorter drug histories more likely to succeed?
◦ Is the existence of previous court-order treatment predictive of success or failure?
Program Progress◦ Do those who complete the program have lower rates of
recidivism?◦ Do PVs and NLVs predict success and/or recidivism?
Limit violent repeat offenders Do assessment and evaluation prior to
sentencing ◦ that way program tailored to defendant
PC 1000, P36, Drug Court◦ Spend limited resources on those committed to
drug and crime free lifestyle Might have an impact on PVs and NLVs