Community Corrections in Context: A Multi-Method Evaluation of Risk Responsive and Neighborhood-Oriented Probation Models in New York City

• In Event: Evidence-Based Community Corrections

Abstract

Recent innovations in probation supervision in New York City include a restructured supervision model rooted in neighborhood-oriented and risk responsive approaches to supervision (NeON), based on the theory that engaging probation clients in services in their home community and taking a more personal, less institutionalized approach to probation supervision would improve individual outcomes. Preliminary results from a quasi-experimental study to evaluate the impact of these innovations will be presented. The research uses official probation and recidivism records to retrospectively analyze the impact of neighborhood and risk-responsive probation on completion and re-arrest in a sample of more than 5,000 NYC probation clients sentenced between 2010 and 2016. To provide context, findings from in-depth interviews conducted with 279 NeON probationers and 162 comparison probationers will be presented. Finally, the researchers will discuss the implications of the NeON model and evaluation findings for probation agencies nationwide.

Authors

• Sarah Fritsche, Center for Court Innovation

• Harriet Holder, Center for Court Innovation

• Lama Hassoun Ayoub, Center for Court Innovation

• Cassandra Ramdath, Center for Court Innovation