Evaluation of the Impact of a Policy Change on Diversion Program Recidivism and Justice System Costs
| Autor: | Jennifer Wareham, Richard Dembo, Thomas N. Chirikos, James Schmeidler |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Offender Rehabilitation. 41:93-122 |
| ISSN: | 1540-8558 1050-9674 |
| Popis: | Following a national trend of “getting tough” on juvenile crime, the Florida legislature eliminated one of the State's primary community service-oriented juvenile diversion programs, the Juvenile Alternative Services Program (JASP). JASP was subsequently replaced with four other diversion programs, two of which (the Walker Plan and an expanded Arbitration program) permitted greater penetration into the juvenile justice system. In previous papers, we examined the effects of this shift in program funding in regard to recidivism and direct cost to the justice system over a six-month post-program follow-up period. The results indicated that: (1) youths placed in the JASP program had significantly lower rates of new arrests and new arrest charges than youths placed in each of the other four diversion programs—suggesting a net-widening effect, and (2) an increase in the direct costs of a number of key justice services, with JASP having a lower direct cost rate, than any of the alternative to JASP progr... |
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