A Handbook for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Systems: Revised Edition

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A Handbook for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Systems
A Handbook for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Systems
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Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1
Research with Important Implications for Juvenile Justice Practice
	National Trend: Juvenile Arrests as of 2016
	Juvenile Offender Careers
	The Age-Crime Curve
	Serious, Violent, and Chronic Offenders Careers
	Female Offenders
	Very Young Offenders
	Implications of the Research on Serious, Violent, and Chronic Offender Careers
	Risk and Protective Factors
	Risk and Protective Factors for Girls
	Risk and Protective Factors for Gang Involvement
	Implications of the Research on Risk and Protective Factors
	Leading Theories of Persistent Juvenile Offending
	Note
Chapter 2
A Comprehensive Strategy for Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice Practice
	The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders
	Prevention Tier
	Intervention and Graduated Sanctions Tier
	Juvenile Justice System Effectiveness with Graduated Sanctions
	Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Process
	Continuum Building with the Comprehensive Strategy
	Notes
Chapter 3
Effective Evidence-Based Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders
	Three Approaches to Identifying Evidence-Based Programs
	Direct Impact Evaluation of Programs in Use
	Adoption of Evidence-Based Brand Name Program Models
	Appropriate Implementation of Evidence-Based Generic Programs
	Meta-analysis of Research on the Effects of Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders2
	Effective Prevention and Intervention Programs
	The Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol
	Pilot Testing and Validation of the SPEP
	Best Practices for Reducing Recidivism with the SPEP
	Cost-Beneficial Programs
	The Potential of Effective Juvenile Justice Practices to Lower the Age-Crime Curve
	A System-Wide Evaluation Framework
	Notes
Chapter 4
Matching Supervision and Services to Risk and Needs
	The Risk-Need-Responsivity Framework
	Matching the Level of Supervision to Risk
	Matching the Level of Services to Risk
	Matching Services to Need
	Recent Service Matching Advancements
	The Importance of Effective Case Management
Chapter 5
Eight Administrative Tools that Support Evidence-Based Programming
	Benefits and Challenges in the Use of Structured Decision-Making Tools
	Risk Assessment
	Needs Assessment
	Graduated Assessment
	Disposition Matrices
	Comprehensive Case Plans
	Quality Assurance
	A Management Information System
	Court Standards
	Notes
Chapter 6
Initiating and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice
	Passive versus Active Evidence-Based Practice
	The Challenges of Evidence-Based Initiation and Sustainability
	Note
	Continuum Building Recommendations
	Gang Problems
	The Promise of an Evidence-Based Juvenile Justice System
References
Index
About the Authors