Tools for Improving Juvenile Justice Programs
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tool for controlling juvenile offenders; however, little attention has been paid to the programs that need to be linked with them. In this bulletin, we describe a systematic approach to developing practice guidelines from the large body of outcome research on delinquency programs and using this knowledge to evaluate and improve routine programs spanning the continuum from prevention to treatment. We first review the main decision making tools that need to be used in the juvenile justice system to improve the overall management of offenders and programs. Recent research on the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs is summarized next, followed by a description of how that research is used to characterize effective program practice in ways that allow ready comparison with actual program practice and provide guidance for improvement.
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