Transcript Performance
Australian Correctional Performance: Balancing
Efficiency
&
Effectiveness
James M. Byrne, Ph.D.
www.gcecs.edu.au
www.gcecs.edu.au
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
Corrective Services Performance Indicator Framework Escapes Complete Community Orders
Equity as a Performance Measure •
Indicator of Access to Appropriate Correctional Programs/Services (not developed yet)
Correctional Services Effectiveness Measures Outputs Outcomes • • • • • • •
Assaults in Custody Apparent Unnatural Deaths Time out of cells Employment Community work Education Offence related programs (undefined)
• Escapes • Completion of Community Orders
Modified Correctional Services Effectiveness Measures Outputs • • • • •
Time out of cells Employment Community work Education Offence related programs (undefined)
Outcomes •
Assaults in Custody
• • •
Apparent Unnatural Deaths
Escapes Completion of Community Orders • • •
Recidivism: Prison Community Corrections
Efficiency as a Performance Measure •
Cost Per Prisoner/Offender
•
Offender to Staff Ratio
•
Prison Utilization
Revised Performance Indicator Framework Escapes Complete Community Orders
Key findings from this review Can Global performance be measured?
1. There is a relationship between efficiency and effectiveness; high efficiency = low overall effectiveness 2. Performance rankings for corrections systems can be developed 3. The challenge will be the development of accurate evidence-based performance measures 4. What gets measured, gets done.
NSW VIC Revised Overall Performance Ranking (includes Recidivism)
Efficiency
5 7
Output
7 2
Outcome
3
Overall Rank
5
1
QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT 2 3 6 4 5 3 6 4 6 4 5 3 7 4 3 7 5
NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT 2 Yr Post-Release Recidivism
Prisoners return to Offenders returning to
Prison
43% (7) 35% (2) 36% (4) 41% (6)
Corrective Services
47% (4) 45% (3) 43% (2) 50% (6)
Community Correction
12% (2) 13% (3) 16% (5)
Corrective Services
22% (4) 21% (2) 24% (6) 24% (5) 53% (7) 28% (7)
Concluding comment
•
The big question
• Can Global sentencing and corrections performance measures be developed?