Outcome Evaluation Report 2004

• NCJ Number: 207039
• Author(s): Kristin Parsons Winokur Ph.D.; Julia Blankenship M.S.W; Elizabeth Cass Ph.D.; Gregory Hand; Ted Tollett; Steven Chapman Ph.D.; Mark A. Greenwald MJPM; Sherry Jackson M.S.W; Kevin Wang M.S.; Nathan Epps M.S.
• Date Published: February 2004
• Length: 332 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Florida Dept of Juvenile Justice
• Corporate Author: Florida Dept of Juvenile Justice; Justice Research Ctr
• Sale Source: Florida Dept of Juvenile Justice; Justice Research Ctr
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded on September 29, 2004.

Annotation

This report is a comprehensive assessment of the juvenile justice continuum of services in the State of Florida and encompasses offenses, prevention, intake, detention, residential and correctional facilities, and community corrections, as well as an evaluation study on Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice commitment programs, health and mental health services and juvenile sex offenders.

Abstract

In order to examine the recidivism of juvenile offenders, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) conducted a comprehensive outcome evaluation to assess the continuum of services with the DJJ. The assessment was comprehensive in that it included prevention, intake, detention, probation, and residential programming. In addition, the evaluation report includes the Program Accountability Measures (PAM) statewide evaluation of DJJ commitment programs and studies conducted on health and mental health services and juvenile sex offenders. The data analyses for the various sections were conducted over varying time periods ranging from 2000 to 2003. Report highlights include: (1) in 2001-2002, DJJ prevention program providers in Florida released a total of 36,408 youth; (2) youth who completed prevention programs had minimal subsequent involvement with the juvenile justice system; (3) over the last 5 years, the rate of juvenile referrals has declined along with the level of seriousness of the crimes for which youth are charged; (4) during 2002-2003, juvenile detention facilities had 52,181 admissions and 8,108 transfers from commitment, home detention, and between secure detention centers; (5) of the 25 secure detention centers, 15 had an annual average daily population within their operating capacity; (6) in 2001-2002, probation had a total of 24,818 releases of which 29 percent were adjudicated for an offense that occurred during supervision; (7) of 9,000 youth released from residential commitment programs in 2001-2002, only 7 percent were adjudicated for an offense during placement; and (8) of the more than 9,000 youth released, 85 percent completed the program. The annual evaluation of the PAM examines the relative cost and effectiveness of 149 juvenile justice residential commitment programs. Tables, charts and graphs