unsuccessfully completed or were neutrally discharged. However, further analysis is recommended to obtain a truer picture of time in jail for the three groups. Rather than a composite number of jail days, as currently reported, the records should be analyzed for specific days in jail before participants enter the CATCH Court program, while in the program, and after the program. CATCH Court Goal 2: Reduce participants’ annual arrests. Evaluation Objective 2: Participants will decrease the number of arrests annually by 50% after acceptance into the CATCH Court program. From the findings reported this goal and objective and goal were partially met as reflected in the average number of annual arrests. Participants who successfully completed the program had far fewer arrests in the previous 10 years than those who were unsuccessfully discharged or neutrally discharged from the program. However, because of the composite data used, it cannot be concluded that annual arrests were reduced by 50%. As for a truer picture of Goal 1, it is recommended that further analysis take place with data that clearly report number of arrests before the program, during the program, and after the program to ascertain with reasonable confidence the impact of the CATCH Court program on annual number of arrests. CATCH Court Goal 3: Maximize the number of participants who successfully complete the CATCH Court program. Evaluation Objective 3: 30% of participants will successfully complete the CATCH Court program within 2 years from the date of admission. Overall, the results indicate that 21% of all participants accepted into CATCH Court program successfully completed the program since its inception in 2009 through 2013 (Table 5). However, as also reported, annual completion rates were low, varying from 6 in 2009 and 2010 to 1 in 2011.
unsuccessfully completed or were neutrally discharged. However, further analysis is recommended to obtain a truer picture of time in jail for the three groups. Rather than a composite number of jail days, as currently reported, the records should be analyzed for specific days in jail before participants enter the CATCH Court program, while in the program, and after the program. CATCH Court Goal 2: Reduce participants’ annual arrests. Evaluation Objective 2: Participants will decrease the number of arrests annually by 50% after acceptance into the CATCH Court program. From the findings reported this goal and objective and goal were partially met as reflected in the average number of annual arrests. Participants who successfully completed the program had far fewer arrests in the previous 10 years than those who were unsuccessfully discharged or neutrally discharged from the program. However, because of the composite data used, it cannot be concluded that annual arrests were reduced by 50%. As for a truer picture of Goal 1, it is recommended that further analysis take place with data that clearly report number of arrests before the program, during the program, and after the program to ascertain with reasonable confidence the impact of the CATCH Court program on annual number of arrests. CATCH Court Goal 3: Maximize the number of participants who successfully complete the CATCH Court program. Evaluation Objective 3: 30% of participants will successfully complete the CATCH Court program within 2 years from the date of admission. Overall, the results indicate that 21% of all participants accepted into CATCH Court program successfully completed the program since its inception in 2009 through 2013 (Table 5). However, as also reported, annual completion rates were low, varying from 6 in 2009 and 2010 to 1 in 2011.
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