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Commonly Used Measures of Community Justice Program Performance

Process Measures

Community Policing

• Number and type of community partnerships formed
• Number and type of problems solved
• Level of community resources for crime reduction efforts
• Levels of community participation in crime reduction and prevention efforts
• Police calls for service

Community Prosecution

• Problems identified
• Partnerships formed
• Community meetings attended
• Number and type of traditional and nontraditional strategies identified to address problems

Community Corrections

• Number of arrests and technical violations during supervision
• Number of hours/days performed community service
• Number of favorable discharges
• Number of days employed in vocational education or school
• Number of times attending treatment/work programming

Outcome Measures

Community Policing

• Neighborhood disorder
• Criminal activity (e.g., prostitution or drug trafficking)
• Domestic violence incidents
• Victimization (e.g., robbery and assault)

Community Prosecution

• Community links
• Satisfaction of staff and community members with prosecution
• Changes in targeted problems
• Convictions, plea bargains, case processing time

Community Corrections

• Recidivism rates
• Positive case closures
• Absconding rates
• Cases with restitution paid and amount of restitution
• Percentage of cases with community service hours completed

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