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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