{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["011:21"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Office of Justice Programs (USDOJ)", "hasEmail": "mailto:opendata@usdoj.gov"}, "dataQuality": false, "description": "This data collection represents a process and outcome\r\nevaluation of the Office Technology Training program at the Rio\r\nConsumnes Correctional Center (RCCC) in Sacramento County. RCCC is a\r\ncounty jail for prisoners sentenced up to one year in custody. The\r\nOffice Technology Training program, one of several training programs\r\nfor inmates at RCCC, was designed to familiarize students with the use\r\nof computers in an office or business setting and to provide specific\r\ninstruction in several types of common office software, including word\r\nprocessing and desktop publishing. The purpose of the evaluation\r\nresearch was (1) to refine the process of determining what types of\r\ntraining should be funded and (2) to establish research-based\r\nevaluation protocols for local jail inmate training programs. Data\r\nwere collected on participants in the Office Technology Training\r\nclass, on a control group that matched the participants in terms of\r\ndemographic characteristics, and on a smaller group of nonparticipants\r\nwho had signed up for the training program but did not\r\nparticipate. Part 1, Treatment and Control Group Data, contains\r\nadministrative and survey data on both the trainees and the control\r\ngroup, while Part 2, Nonparticipant Data, includes administrative and\r\nsurvey data on the inmates who registered for the training but did not\r\nparticipate in the program. The survey consisted of an evaluation form\r\nfilled out by inmates who participated in the training at RCCC,\r\nindicating their prior experience with computers and software,\r\nevaluating the training they received, and assessing whether the new\r\nskills would be helpful in securing employment upon their\r\nrelease. Administrative records on all respondents (trainees, control,\r\nand nonparticipants) were collected from four sources: a supplemental\r\nform on inmates' employment, a probation report that provided personal\r\nand criminal histories, a risk assessment form, and a follow-up form\r\ncompleted by the probation officer within one week of the six-month\r\nanniversary of the inmate's release from RCCC. Variables from the\r\nsupplemental form included employment type and wages. The probation\r\nreport covered employment, education, military history, marital\r\nstatus, substance abuse, domestic violence, gang behavior, psychiatric\r\nhistory, child abuse history, and criminal histories as juveniles and\r\nadults. Data on attitude, alcohol and drug problems, number of felony\r\nconvictions, probation periods and violations, types of offenses, and\r\nhistory of institutionalization were taken from the risk assessment\r\nform. The follow-up form gathered information on release, disciplinary\r\nactions at RCCC, opinions about the Office Technology Training\r\nprogram, substance abuse, new arrests and convictions, gang behavior,\r\njob training, employment type, hourly wage, job satisfaction, and use\r\nof computers on the job. Additional administrative records data on\r\ntrainees and nonparticipants were gathered from the class registration\r\nform, including gender, education, birth date, ethnicity, language\r\nspoken, occupation, Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) scores, and\r\nclass assignments. Other data on trainees came from an evaluation\r\nform filled out by the students' instructor upon their completion of the\r\nOffice Technology class. It provided information on the behavior,\r\nattitude, and skills of the students.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR02582.v1", "title": "Evaluation of a Local Jail Training Program in Sacramento County, California, 1994-1995"}], "identifier": "3707", "issued": "2000-07-27T00:00:00", "keyword": ["computer literacy", "correctional education", "correctional facilities", "ex-offender employment", "inmate programs", "jail inmates", "outcome evaluation", "probation", "process evaluation", "training"], "language": ["eng"], "license": "http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/", "modified": "2006-01-18T00:00:00", "programCode": ["011:060"], "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "National Institute of Justice", "subOrganizationOf": {"acronym": "OJP", "id": 22, "name": "Office of Justice Programs", "parentOrganization": {"acronym": "DOJ", "id": 10, "name": "Department of Justice"}, "parentOrganizationID": 10}}, "title": "Evaluation of a Local Jail Training Program in Sacramento County, California, 1994-1995"}