Community Corrections in Iowa An Alternative to Tradition Correctional Evaluation, Bureau Division of Management & Planning, Department of Social Services, June 1975

(1975) Community Corrections in Iowa An Alternative to Tradition Correctional Evaluation, Bureau Division of Management & Planning, Department of Social Services, June 1975. Human Services, Department of (Health and Human Services, Department of)

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Abstract

The following is a summary of the basic results presented in the body of the report. First note that the evaluation team did not attempt to make judgements as to the effective ness of the programs under study. This will be the subject of future evaluation efforts. The route to correctional policy passes through a thicket of ethical, legal, and political dilemmas which were beyond the scope of this study. We will not presume to offer a final, scientific conclusion on whether community corrections efforts should be expanded at the expense of institutional efforts or vise versa. Instead, only a limited preliminary observation is warranted by the material presented here. Those in community corrections do not appear to commit a grossly larger number of new offenses, before trial or upon release, than those who were in traditional programs.