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In Search of Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Corrections: An Evaluation of Florida’s Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program
In Search of Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Corrections: An Evaluation of Florida’s Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Program
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Dec. 28, 2009
ANNOTATION: Results from an evaluation of the APYA (Avon Park Youth Academy) Secure Care Program, involving vocational and educational interventions, combined with the SS (STREET Smart) aftercare reentry program are presented. Sections following an executive summary include: introduction; experimental program description; experimental group profiles; control group programs; comparative costs of experimental and control group programs; design of program evaluation; post-release subject interview findings; educational outcomes; employment outcomes; recidivism outcomes; summary of recidivism and employment findings; interpretation and implications; and conclusions. “The evaluation of the APYA/SS program demonstrates that it has the potential to join the modest but growing list of evidence-based practices in juvenile corrections” (p.xvii).
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