Research Catalog

Title

The VisionQuest program : an evaluation / Peter W. Greenwood. Susan Turner.

Author

Greenwood, Peter W.

Publication

Santa Monica, CA : Rand, [1987]

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Additional Authors

• Turner, Susan, 1954-
• United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
• Rand Corporation.

Description

xiv, 57 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

In 1981, the San Diego Juvenile Court began placing chronic delinquents in a privately run, out-of-state program called VisionQuest. This report compares the recidivism rates for the first group of San Diego VisionQuest graduates with groups of similar San Diego delinquents who were placed in other correctional programs. It also examines a number of issues that have been major points of contention between the San Diego Probation Department and VisionQuest since the use of the program was first considered. The authors estimate that placement in VisionQuest reduced the probability that a youth would be rearrested within one year of release from 71 percent to 39 percent, making it more successful than the comparison groups. VisionQuest graduates also demonstrated a lower average annual post-release arrest rate.

Series Statement

The Rand publication series

Uniform Title

Rand publication series.

Alternative Title

• Vision Quest program.
• Vision Quest program

Subject

• VisionQuest > Évaluation
• Juvenile corrections > San Diego

Note

• "Supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice."
• "R-3445-OJJDP."
• "November 1987."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 55-57).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

0833008374

OCLC

17577522

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library