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2010
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Formal System Processing of Juveniles: Effects on Delinquency
By Petrosino, Anthony; Turpin-Petrosino, Carolyn; Guckenburg, Sarah.
Campbell Collaboration (Oslo, Norway).
Anyone evaluating the ability of their juvenile processing system to reduce delinquency will want to peruse this report. Results are organized into the following areas: processing effects on prevalence--first, longest, and strongest effects; incidence—reduction in number of offenses; severity; self-report data; sensitivity; and moderator analysis. “Given the overall negative results for juvenile system processing across these studies and outcome measures, jurisdictions should review their own po... Read More
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88 p.
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2009
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Resilient Girls -- Factors That Protect Against Delinquency
By Hawkins, Stephanie R.; Graham, Phillip W.; Williams, Jason; Zahn, Margaret A..
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Girls Study Group (Washington, DC).
This "Bulletin examines a select number of factors that research suggests may 'protect' girls who are at risk for becoming delinquent" (p. 2) Sections contained in this publication include: background -- developing the study; the current study; findings according to protective factors and female delinquency, effects of protective factors on delinquent or criminal behavior, and how childhood risk factors and protective factors in adolescence interact to produce or prevent delinquent behavior; st... Read More
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14 p.
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2009
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Rebuilding the Infrastructure for At-Risk Youth
By Krisberg, Barry; Vuong, Linh.
National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) (Oakland, CA).
Changes in recent years that have negatively impacted at-risk youth and opportunities to rectify this situation are covered. Reduced support for at-risk youth over the past eight years are: a decrease in funding for after-school programming; reduction in funding by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA); funding slashed for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (Byrne JAG); and inadequate proposals. Strategies for rebuilding the infrastructure for at-ri... Read More
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8 p.
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2009
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Final Report: Long-Term Consequences of Delinquency: Child Maltreatment and Crime in Early Adulthood
By Colman, Rebecca A.; Kim, Do Han; Mitchell-Herzfeld, Susan; Shady, Therese A..
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
New York State Office of Children and Family Services (Albany, NY).
The impact of delinquency on a youth's future commission of crime or child abuse is examined. This report includes these sections: executive summary; introduction; literature review; methods; analyses plan; key research findings for adult crime, adult arrest trajectories, adult perpetration of child maltreatment, adult perpetration trajectories, and early predictors; study limitations; practice recommendations; and recommendations for future research. "Race, offense history, childhood mistreatm... Read More
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128 p.
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2009
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Juvenile Justice: Technical Assistance and Better Defined Evaluation Plans Will Help to Improve Girls' Delinquency Programs
By Larence, Eileen Regen.
U.S. Government Accountability Office (Washington, DC).
The efforts of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to determine the effectiveness of girls’ delinquency programs are evaluated. Topics discussed include: results in brief; background; OJJDP established the Girls Study Group to assess the effectiveness of girls’ delinquency programs; OJJDP efforts to assess program effectiveness were consistent with social science practices and standards, and OJJDP has taken action to enhance its communication about Study Group ... Read More
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27 p.
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2009
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Iatrogenic Effect of Juvenile Justice
By Gatti, Uberto; Tremblay, Richard E.; Vitaro, Frank.
The risk of being involved in a juvenile court intervention and the long-term effect of that intervention are examined. "The results show that youths who are poor, impulsive, poorly supervised by their parents, and exposed to deviant friends are more likely . . . to undergo intervention by the Juvenile Court, and that this intervention greatly increases the likelihood of involvement with the penal system in adulthood" (p. 991).... Read More
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8 p.
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2009
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Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel in Delinquency Court
By Sterling, Robin Walker.
National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) (Washington, DC).
“The Principles that follow are developed to describe the unique and critical role juvenile defense attorneys play in juvenile proceedings” (p. 6). The role of defense counsel incorporates the: duty to represent the client’s expressed interests; duty of confidentiality and privilege; duties of competence and diligence; duty to advise and counsel; and the duty of communication. Appendixes provide the ABA (American Bar Association) Model Rules of Professional Conduct and Ten Principles for providi... Read More
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70 p.
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2008
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Child Welfare & Juvenile Justice Systems Integration Initiative: A Promising Progress Report
By Tuell, John A..
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL).
Child Welfare League of America. Juvenile Justice Division (Washington, DC).
Efforts by CWLA (Child Welfare League of America) partnerships to address the critical need to coordinate and integrate child welfare and juvenile justice systems are reviewed. This report has these sections: introduction; federal law bolsters the focus; framework for systems coordination and integration; publications, tools, and resources; jurisdictional examples -- King County (WA), Los Angeles County (CA), South Dakota, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Arizona, and Colorado; and conclusion.... Read More
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15 p.
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2008
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What Works: Effective Recidivism Reduction and Risk-Focused Prevention Programs: A Compendium of Evidence-Based Options for Preventing New and Persistent Criminal Behavior
By Przybylski, Roger.
Colorado Division of Criminal Justice. Office of Adult and Juvenile Assistance (Denver, CO); U.S. Bureau of Justice Assistance (Washington, DC).
RKC Group (Lakewood, CO).
"This report identifies and describes interventions that are effective in reducing recidivism and preventing crime" (p. 1). Sections following an executive summary are: introduction; the evidence-based concept and its application; method; incarceration and its impact on crime; effective recidivism reduction programs -- education and vocational, substance abuse treatment, drug courts, sex offender treatment, mental health, cognitive-behavioral, and juvenile offender; effective early prevention p... Read More
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144 p.
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2008
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Moving Toward a More Integrative Approach to Justice Reform
By Beane, Catherine V..
Beane Consulting (New Orleans, LA); Open Society Institute-DC (Washington, DC).
“This report presents a vision of an integrated approach to justice reform -- an approach that utilizes multi-disciplinary collaboration to share perspective on the issues that fuel the cycle of incarceration, to promote public investments in effective intervention strategies, and to advance public safety by decreasing the likelihood that a person will engage in risky or criminal behavior, instead of building more prisons and jails” (p. 2). Sections following an executive summary include: introd... Read More
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75 p.
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2008
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Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Girls Study Group (Washington, DC).
The trend that crimes committed by girls are increasing is investigated. Sections of this Bulletin are: trends in girls' violence; context of girls' violence -- violence against peers, violence against family, violence in schools, poverty and disorganized communities, and girls and gangs; and conclusions -- what we know (i.e., trends and context) and what we need to know. Although girls may be arrested for assaults more, the amount of violent crime has changed very little over the last 20 years... Read More
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24 p.
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2008
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The Girls Study Group -- Charting the Way to Delinquency Prevention for Girls
By Zahn, Margaret A.; Hawkins, Stephanie R.; Chiancone, Janet; Whitworth, Ariel.
U.S. Dept. of Justice. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Girls Study Group (Washington, DC).
A review of results from the six studies that make up the Girls Study Group series is provided. This document is comprised of the following sections: introduction; violence by teenage girls -- trends and context; causes and correlates of girls' delinquency; about the Girls Study Group; resilient girls -- factors that protect against delinquency; suitability of assessment instruments for delinquent girls; girls' delinquency programs -- an evidence-based review; development sequences of girls' de... Read More
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8 p.
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2008
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Mentoring Interventions to Affect Juvenile Delinquency and Associated Problems
By Tolan, Patrick; Henry, David; Schoeny, Michael; Bass, Arin.
University of Illinois at Chicago. Institute for Juvenile Research (Chicago, IL); Jerry Lee Foundation (Philadelphia, PA).
University of Illinois at Chicago. Institute for Juvenile Research (Chicago, IL); Campbell Collaboration (Oslo, Norway).
A "review of selective and indicated mentoring interventions that have been evaluated for their effects on delinquency outcomes for youth . . . and key associated outcomes" is presented (p. 2). Sections in addition to a synopsis and abstract include: background; objectives; methods -- criteria for inclusion and exclusion of studies in review; results; and conclusions. "These results suggest mentoring, at least as represented by the included studies, has positive effects for these important publ... Read More
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115 p.
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2008
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The Economic Return on PCCD's Investment in Research-Based Programs: A Cost-Benefit Assessment of Delinquency Prevention in Pennsylvania
By Jones, Damon; Bumbarger, Brian K.; Greenberg, Mark T.; Greenwood, Peter; Kyler, Sandee.
Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD) (Harrisburg, PA).
Pennsylvania State University. Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development (University Park, PA).
The question of whether funding of PCCD (Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency) in research-based prevention programs has been cost-effective is addressed. This report contains these sections: executive summary; background; introduction -- the importance of prevention from a monetary standpoint; considering costs and benefits in justice system funding; program effects used to monetize program benefits; summary of cost-benefit calculations used for this report; return-on-investment (R... Read More
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49 p.
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2008
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Keeping Adolescents Out of Prison
By Steinberg, Laurance; Haskins, Ron.
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation (Chicago, IL); David and Lucile Packard Foundation (Los Altos, CA).
The Future of Children (Princeton, NJ).
This policy brief explains "recommendations for reducing youth placements in adult facilities and other forms of harsh punishment in favor of more appropriate and cost-effective responses to youth crime" (p. 2). Sections following a summary include: a violent teen crime wave during the 1980s and 90s; penal proportionality and adolescent development; harsh punishment for adolescents does not work; what works to deter juvenile crime; and the work ahead in preventing juvenile crime.... Read More
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8 p.
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