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From: David@longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley)
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Subject: Re: Fragments of Behaviour 4
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In article <798988200snz@chatham.demon.co.uk>
           ohgs@chatham.demon.co.uk "Oliver Sparrow" writes:

> Absolutely fascinating, he said without a hint of irony. Does it work?
> How do you tell? Please give us an anecdote or two. 
> _________________________________________________
> 
>   Oliver Sparrow
>   ohgs@chatham.demon.co.uk
> 

Well, it *is* written by a Civil Servant Oliver ;-}.....as to it working or
not,  well.....the idea is just to  set up a system which records what goes 
on..that would be a *major* achievement in itself. Problem is getting staff
to do as they're asked.... never mind the inmates :-{.

The way one would tell, in the long run, would be the comparison of outcomes
of home leave board decisions vs actuarially determined decisions (on return
rates etc). As to long term effects on delinquency - one would have the rec-
ords of acheivemt  and be  able to use  statistical regression  to determine
whether those with  positive signs of co-operation in custody showed a lower
recidivism rate (through Criminal Record Office follow ups). 
-- 
David Longley
