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Australian Correctional Performance: Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness

Australian Correctional Performance: Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness. James M. Byrne, Ph.D. www.gcecs.edu.au www.gcecs.edu.au.

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Australian Correctional Performance: Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness

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  1. Australian Correctional Performance: Balancing Efficiency & Effectiveness James M. Byrne, Ph.D. www.gcecs.edu.au www.gcecs.edu.au

  2. If you don’t define what performance is, then someone else will define it for you.Case in point: Lets look at the Performance Measures for Australian Corrections included in the recent review: Government Services 2013

  3. Corrective Services Performance Indicator Framework Equity Access TBD Assaults Unnatural deaths Access Escapes Complete Community Orders Time out of cells Effectiveness Appropriate Employment Community work Quality Education Offence programs Efficiency Inputs per output unit Cost per prisoner Offender: staff ratio Prison Utilization

  4. Equity as a Performance Measure • Indicator of Access to Appropriate Correctional Programs/Services (not developed yet)

  5. Correctional ServicesEffectiveness Measures Outputs Outcomes Escapes Completion of Community Orders • Assaults in Custody • Apparent Unnatural Deaths • Time out of cells • Employment • Community work • Education • Offence related programs (undefined)

  6. Modified Correctional ServicesEffectiveness Measures Outputs Outcomes Assaults in Custody Apparent Unnatural Deaths Escapes Completion of Community Orders Recidivism: Prison Community Corrections • Time out of cells • Employment • Community work • Education • Offence related programs (undefined)

  7. Efficiency as a Performance Measure • Cost Per Prisoner/Offender • Offender to Staff Ratio • Prison Utilization

  8. Revised Performance Indicator Framework Equity Access TBD Assaults Unnatural deaths Access Escapes Complete Community Orders Time out of cells Effectiveness Appropriate Employment Community work Quality Recidivism Prisoners CC Education Offence programs Efficiency Inputs per output unit Cost per prisoner Offender: staff ratio Prison Utilization

  9. Key findings from this review Can Global performance be measured? • There is a relationship between efficiency and effectiveness; high efficiency = low overall effectiveness • Performance rankings for corrections systems can be developed • The challenge will be the development of accurate evidence-based performance measures • What gets measured, gets done.

  10. Revised Overall Performance Ranking (includes Recidivism)

  11. 2 Yr Post-Release Recidivism

  12. Concluding comment • The big question • Can Global sentencing and corrections performance measures be developed?

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