Findings from the Evaluations of Years 1, 2 and 3 of the Priority Prolific Offender Program
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2013-01-03
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Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family.
Abstract
These reports describe the findings of the Institute's evaluations of the Priority Prolific Offender Program over three years. The Program is a project of the Alberta Ministry of Justice and Solicitor General, undertaken in partnership with the Calgary Police Service, Edmonton Police Service and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. It aims to improve collaboration among police, Crown prosecutors, corrections and social services to increase supervision, timely and meaningful responses to reoffending, as well as services that support the rehabilitation among the small proportion of the offending population who commit the most crimes. The results obtained when examining offenders' behaviour before, during and after the Program were extremely positive and strongly suggestive of the efficacy of the Program in having a positive effect on offenders not only during their time in the Program, but after deselection as well. Across all Program locations, and for both substantive and administrative offences, the number of new convictions among Program participants was substantially lower than in the five years prior to Program.
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family law, law
Citation
Paetsch, J.J., Bertrand, L.D., MacRae-Krisa, L.D. & Boyd, J.-P. E. (2013). The Priority Prolific Offender Program: Preliminary Findings from the First Year of the Process and Outcomes Evaluation (rep.). Calgary, AB: Canadian Research Institutue for Law and the Family