Position Prosecutor Defense counsel No Response 11 16 32 1 18.33 26.67 53.33 2.00 Training Received Yes No 21 39 35.00 65.00 Length of Training 1-2 hours 3-4 hours Less than 1 hour More than 4 hours No Response 12 4 1 4 39 20.00 7.00 2.00 7.00 65.00 Individual Conducting Training Judge Herbert, CATCH Continuing Legal Education staff (American Bar Association), Assistant Court Administrator, Salvation Army personnel, Public Defender No Response 19 41 31.67 68.33 Have Referred Defendants Yes No No Response 44 15 1 73.33 25.00 2.00 Decision On Assessment tool Criteria provided Criteria I developed None No Response 4 6 23 11 16 (continued) 7.00 10.00 38.33 18.33 26.67 Reason for Nonreferral Not sure how potential participants are identified 6 10.00
(continued) Program Helped With Family Yes, a great deal Yes, somewhat Yes, a little bit Not sure No No Response 12 4 1 1 2 1 57.14 19.04 4.76 4.76 9.52 4.76 Program Helped With Stable Housing Yes Not sure No No Response 15 1 4 1 71.42 4.76 19.04 4.76 Program Helped Development of Healthier Life Skills Yes, a great deal Yes, somewhat Not sure No Response 16 2 1 2 76.20 9.52 4.76 9.52 Program Helped Increase Healthy Behaviors Yes, to a great extent Yes, somewhat No sure No Response 15 3 1 2 71.42 14.29 4.76 9.52 Most Helpful Components in Maintaining Probation Conditions or Healthy Behaviors (more than one permissible) Mentor Judge staff Therapy Other CATCH participants No Response 9 14 17 13 11 1 42.86 66.67 81.00 62.00 52.40 4.76 (continued)
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.
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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