Reforming Juvenile Justice Systems: Beyond Treatment
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
May. 18, 2010
ANNOTATION: This report is for those individuals responsible for developing strategies to improve the effectiveness of their juvenile justice systems. Sections include: introduction; adding to evidence-based approaches—youth development (i.e., pro-social opportunities, Youth Advisory Committees, community involvement, family involvement, and mentors/”natural helpers”), and cultural competence—recognizing the need for cultural competence, addressing and increasing cultural competence, and crafting a culturally-based approach to treatment); and conclusion. While Reclaiming Futures is a promising practice, “many of the features that may be responsible for the positive system changes in Reclaiming Futures jurisdictions were inspired by practices not yet tested thoroughly by evaluators” (p.1).
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