Final Report: Exploratory Analysis of Client Outcomes, Costs, and Benefits of Day Reporting Centers

摘要

The role of community corrections has expanded in recent years. As a result, day reporting centers have developed as an important approach to providing surveillance, as well as treatment and rehabilitation opportunities. This exploratory study first examined rearrest among clients in two day reporting centers that serve high risk/high need probationers with substance abuse problems. One program is located in a rural area and the other is located in an urban area. Next, it compared DRC clients to two comparison groups of probationers. One group corresponds to the population eligible for DRC programs and the other group consists of high risk/high need probationers who are the target population for the DRC programs. The study also examines the net benefits (costs) to the criminal justice system of both day reporting centers. Because of the small sample sizes and exploratory nature of the study, the results are suggestive and impressionistic rather than definitive.