How To Begin A Program

 

To assist you in determining the program services that would best suit your court / agency's needs, simply fill out this worksheet at no obligation, and submit to NASP. After review a NASP Court Services representative will get back to you with personal recommendations for beginning a pilot program based on your response.

* required fields
Date *County
*First Name *Last Name
Title
*Court / Agency Name
*Address 1 Address 2
*City *State *Zip Code
*Phone E-mail
*Our interest is in: SA Course (for adults) Y.E.S. Program (for Juveniles)

1) What are you presently doing with your shoplifting offenders?:
(check all
that apply)		 (average cost)
a) Fines / Costs $
b) Community service $
c) General Education class $
d) Shoplifter Education class $
e) Warn & release $
f) Other (specify) $


2) What are your particular interests in using a shoplifting program in your court / agency?:
(check all
that apply)
a) We want educational rehabilitation for our shoplifting offenders
b) We want to add to our current shoplifting program
c) We are forming a new diversion (teen court, volunteer court, etc.) program
d) We are seeing many repeat offenders
e) We want to show the local retailers we are responding to shoplifting
f) Other (please specify)


3) We would like to use the program as a condition of:
(check all
that apply)		 (fill in a
number)
a) Diversion Estimated # shoplifting offenders per month
b) Probation Estimated # shoplifting offenders per month
c) Sentence Estimated # shoplifting offenders per month
d) Other (please specify) Estimated # shoplifting offenders per month


4) What criteria would be used to determine which shoplifting offenders would be enrolled in the program?:

Note:
The NASP Programs are beneficial and approprite for both "first-time" and repeat offenders. . . Shoplifting is not about the item, but the act. However, the programs are not appropriate for professional thieves who are stealing for resale and profit or for drugs addicts who are stealing to support a drug habit.

(check all
that apply)
a) Both "first-time" and repeat offenders
b) Only "first-time" offenders
c) Only repeat offenders
d) Shoplifting offenders whose item(s) stolen are greater than (enter dollar amount) $
e) Shoplifting offenders whose item(s) stolen are less than (enter dollar amount) $
f) Other (please specify)
5) Is your initial interest in using the Home Study Program alone or the Home Study Program in conjunction with the added support Class / Workshop?:
Home Study alone Home Study with Class / Workshop


6) How long are you able to hold cases open before final disposition?:
8 - 12 weeks 6 - 8 weeks Less than 6 weeks
Other (please specify)


7) Can your court / agency charge participants a fee to enroll in the program?:
Yes No

If yes. . . To help you determine the appropriate tuition fee:

a) Estimate what percentage of shoplifting offenders you see who can afford to pay a modest tution fee.
(approx. $39 - $85) % (or 1 in )

b) Estimate what percentage of shoplifting offenders you see who can afford to pay only a partial tution fee.
(approx. $39 - $85) % (or 1 in )

c) Estimate what percentage of shoplifting offenders you see who truly cannot afford to pay anything for the program.
(approx. $39 - $85) % (or 1 in )


8) Do you feel that your staff has the time to put toward the administration of the program?:
No Yes If yes, who specifically has time:

Options For Administration

You have a choice:

By NASP

  • NASP will take full responsibility for administering the NASP Program.

  • Referring officers will be given a supply of Program Registration Forms to keep on hand.

  • Offenders enroll in the program via mail by completing the Program Registration Form and enclosing their tuition fee in the self-addressed, postage paid envelope.

  • NASP will administer the Home Study Program as a correspondence course.

  • Included as part of the Home Study Program NASP will Conduct a Psychological Profile Analysis and Risk Assessment to help identify offenders "at risk" who may need added support services.

  • Participants identified to be "at risk" are scheduled to attend a full-day Class / Workshop, which will be conducted by a qualified instructor who is hired and trained locally to deliver this added support program. (optional)

  • Each participant and each referring officer will receive a letter with recommendations specifying the offenders successful completion (non-completion) of the program.

By The Court or Agency

  • NASP will provide all educational materials and train local staff to administer the program.

  • The court/agency will need to sign a License Agreement and then pre-purchase at least one box of 25 Home Study Kits ($975-$1125) to get started. Subsequent boxes will be purchased on an as needed basis.

  • Local staff training will be provided by NASP at no charge.

  • The court/agency will decide whether to charge a tuition fee to the offender and collect any fee directly from them.

  • The referring officer will hand out the Home Study Kits to offenders and assign a required completion date.

  • Upon receipt of the returned Answer Sheet, referring officers will only need 6 minutes per offender to grade the Home Study Program and complete the Psychological Profile Analysis and Risk Assessment for each case. (Example: 6 minutes X 20 shoplifters per week = 90 minutes or 1.5 hours per week.)

  • The court/agency will schedule "at risk" offenders to attend a full-day Class/Workshop which is conducted by their trained instructor. (optional)


9) Based upon the number of cases your court / agency sees, funding availability and administration time, which administration option do you feel initially suits the needs of your court / agency?:
Administration "in-house" by the court / agency
Administration by NASP

Personal Comments:
If you have questions or need assistance with this form,
please contact Caroline Kochman in our office at 1-800-848-9595
A court representative will contact you shortly

 

 

 

 

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