Needs Assessment Proposal Paper
Needs Assessment Proposal
Skills
HUS-732L-22A-2012SU
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Dr. Brian Noon
June 23, 2012
Abstract
Each year, eight thousand felons are released back into the Washington, D.C. community from federal confinement and half of them will be re-confined within three years. The purpose of this project was to identify methods and practices that facilitate successful re-entry of District of Columbia felons back into society. This project used the skills, techniques and theories learned in the Master’s of Human Services program, a review of the current research addressing the problem, and two needs assessment tools that collected data relating to the scope, causes and possible solutions to the problem. The results …show more content…
Eighty percent of the respondents to the key informant interviews stated that visits by prisoner family members have a large effect on the rates of recidivism. Key informants were evenly split on whether poor physical health is an indicator of increased recidivism. Eighty percent if respondents to the interviews believed that family history plays a role in whether an offender recidivates. Seven out of ten interview respondents indicated that the availability of housing has little or no effect on whether a returning citizen …show more content…
Is a juvenile record an indicator of whether adult offenders recidivate?
Solutions
12. How much of a factor is housing in the re-entry process?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
13. What effect does GED attainment have on whether a felon returns to prison?
Large effect Little effect No effect No opinion
14. What is the relationship between supervision level and recidivism?
Large relationship Little relationship No relationship No opinion
15. What factors do mental health problems have in reducing recidivism?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
16. Do offenders with mental illness issues need more care/management than offenders who do not have mental illness issues. Yes No
17. How much of a factor is social capital networks in keeping ex-offenders from re-committing crimes?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
18. What effects do cognitive skills programs have on the rate of recidivism?
Large effect Little effect No effect No opinion
19. Would a helper therapy (a program that utilizes ex-offenders that have successfully re-integrated) reduce recidivism
Skills
HUS-732L-22A-2012SU
l
Dr. Brian Noon
June 23, 2012
Abstract
Each year, eight thousand felons are released back into the Washington, D.C. community from federal confinement and half of them will be re-confined within three years. The purpose of this project was to identify methods and practices that facilitate successful re-entry of District of Columbia felons back into society. This project used the skills, techniques and theories learned in the Master’s of Human Services program, a review of the current research addressing the problem, and two needs assessment tools that collected data relating to the scope, causes and possible solutions to the problem. The results …show more content…
Eighty percent of the respondents to the key informant interviews stated that visits by prisoner family members have a large effect on the rates of recidivism. Key informants were evenly split on whether poor physical health is an indicator of increased recidivism. Eighty percent if respondents to the interviews believed that family history plays a role in whether an offender recidivates. Seven out of ten interview respondents indicated that the availability of housing has little or no effect on whether a returning citizen …show more content…
Is a juvenile record an indicator of whether adult offenders recidivate?
Solutions
12. How much of a factor is housing in the re-entry process?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
13. What effect does GED attainment have on whether a felon returns to prison?
Large effect Little effect No effect No opinion
14. What is the relationship between supervision level and recidivism?
Large relationship Little relationship No relationship No opinion
15. What factors do mental health problems have in reducing recidivism?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
16. Do offenders with mental illness issues need more care/management than offenders who do not have mental illness issues. Yes No
17. How much of a factor is social capital networks in keeping ex-offenders from re-committing crimes?
Large factor Little factor No factor No opinion
18. What effects do cognitive skills programs have on the rate of recidivism?
Large effect Little effect No effect No opinion
19. Would a helper therapy (a program that utilizes ex-offenders that have successfully re-integrated) reduce recidivism