CATCH Court Goal 4: Reduce recidivism among those charged with prostitution in the Franklin County Municipal Court. Evaluation Objective 4a: Recidivism current participants in the CATCH Court program will be no higher than 50% each year. Evaluation Objective 4b: Recidivism among participants who have successfully completed the CATCH Court program will be no higher than 25% each year. The analysis was conducted on the overall reduction in recidivism participants charged with prostitution in the Franklin County Municipal Court rather than the specific Evaluation Objectives 4a and 4b. As reported above and shown in Table 6, the conclusion can be reached that recidivism among participants who successfully completed the CATCH Court program was significantly reduced compared to recidivism among participants who were unsuccessfully or neutrally discharged. CATCH Court Goal 5: Improve living conditions of participants who successfully complete the CATCH Court program. Evaluation Objective 5a: 80% of participants will be employed, volunteering, or enrolled in education or vocational training within 1 year after successful termination. Evaluation Objective 5b: 100% of participants will have a stable living situation within 1 year of successful completion of the Court Program (Franklin County Municipal Court, 2013b). For participants’ employment, volunteering, or education, the results indicated that this goal and attendant objectives were nearly met, with 77% of participants (goal 80%) being employed, volunteering, or enrolled in educational programs vocational training after successful discharge from the program (Table 4). If missing data points are excluded from analysis, then
CATCH Court Goal 4: Reduce recidivism among those charged with prostitution in the Franklin County Municipal Court. Evaluation Objective 4a: Recidivism current participants in the CATCH Court program will be no higher than 50% each year. Evaluation Objective 4b: Recidivism among participants who have successfully completed the CATCH Court program will be no higher than 25% each year. The analysis was conducted on the overall reduction in recidivism participants charged with prostitution in the Franklin County Municipal Court rather than the specific Evaluation Objectives 4a and 4b. As reported above and shown in Table 6, the conclusion can be reached that recidivism among participants who successfully completed the CATCH Court program was significantly reduced compared to recidivism among participants who were unsuccessfully or neutrally discharged. CATCH Court Goal 5: Improve living conditions of participants who successfully complete the CATCH Court program. Evaluation Objective 5a: 80% of participants will be employed, volunteering, or enrolled in education or vocational training within 1 year after successful termination. Evaluation Objective 5b: 100% of participants will have a stable living situation within 1 year of successful completion of the Court Program (Franklin County Municipal Court, 2013b). For participants’ employment, volunteering, or education, the results indicated that this goal and attendant objectives were nearly met, with 77% of participants (goal 80%) being employed, volunteering, or enrolled in educational programs vocational training after successful discharge from the program (Table 4). If missing data points are excluded from analysis, then
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