LRPP EXHIBIT IV: PERFORMANCE MEASURE
VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY
Department:
Program:
Service:
Activity:
Measure:
Corrections
Community Corrections
Community Corrections
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Percentage of court-ordered amounts collected from offenders on
community supervision only by DC for restitution
Action (check one):
Requesting Revision to Approved Measure
Change in Date Sources or Measurement Methodologies
Requesting New Measure
Backup for Performance Outcome and Output Measure
Data Sources and Methodology:
Data Source: The Offender Based Information System (OBIS), the Department’s
database into which both field and institutional staff enter information on
offenders and inmates.
Methodology: Field staff enters account information for all court ordered restitution on
the OP03 OBIS screen including balances, payee information and monthly
payment rates. Field staff collects payments from offenders through an
automated receipting system (OP08) and deposit monies collected into
state bank accounts. The data is collected via a computer program in OBIS
which counts all monies collected from cases under community
supervision and separates the collections by payment type. All community
supervision cases making payments to an account within the specified year
are calculated and separated by payment type.
Percentages are only reported for cases that terminated within the fiscal year due
to laws that may permit offenders the entire supervision period to make restitution
payments. Restitution and PTI restitution are combined. The percentage is calculated by
dividing the amount paid by the sum of the obligation and adjustments.
Validity:
Internal validity speaks to the certainty with which the results of this measure can
be accepted. Collection of court ordered monetary obligations follows strict fiscal control
measures and is audited regularly by the Bureau of Internal Audit, Auditor General's
office, state comptroller's office and Operational Reviews. External validity speaks to the
ability to generalize the results. The procedures are consistent statewide and therefore
accurately reflect the statewide operation.
A purpose of the community corrections program is to enforce compliance with
court orders. Monetary obligations are court ordered and are an appropriate measure of
activity designed. However, enforcement of monetary obligations by the circuit courts
can vary from circuit to circuit and may also be subject to fluctuations in the economy
and employment sectors.
The OBIS data constitutes an appropriate measure to determine if offenders are
paying court ordered amounts.
Reliability:
Since all OBIS COPS (court-ordered payment system) data are used, rather than a
sample, it is by definition very reliable. The data reported are consistent from one
measurement to the next and have been shown to be consistent, complete, and correct.
Office of Policy and Budget – June, 2003