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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Report — Jan 24, 2012

The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2009–2010, Corrections Standards Authority–mandated outcome measures from each of the programs, as well as county-determined supplemental outcomes.

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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Report — Oct 5, 2010

The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2008–2009, Corrections Standards Authority-mandated outcome measures from each of the programs, as well as county-determined supplemental outcomes.

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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Report — Jan 12, 2010

The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes outcome measures from each of the programs for fiscal year 2007-2008.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

The Future of DIRECT Surveillance: Drug and Alcohol Use Information from REmote and Continuous Testing — Dec 31, 2007

The focus of this essay is on alcohol use among probationers and parolees, but is also explores use of electronic monitoring technologies in other settings, and for other drugs.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

An Experimental Juvenile Probation Program: Effects on Parent and Peer Relationships — Dec 31, 2007

Discusses a team approach to service delivery of an intensive probation program by the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP). Researchers interviewed juveniles who were randomly assigned to either the SOCP experimental condition or the control condition of a routine probation program. The intensive probation program, among other goals, focused on improving parent-child relationships and teaching youth how to choose better peers. At 1 year…

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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Report — Jul 28, 2007

Legislation for the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act identifies six specific outcomes to measure success of intervention programs for participating youths: (1) successful completion of probation, (2) arrests, (3) probation violations, (4) incarcerations, (5) successful completion of restitution, and (6) successful completion of community service. This annual report summarizes those outcomes for FY05-06.

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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report — Mar 31, 2007

Legislation for the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act identifies six specific outcomes to measure success of intervention programs for participating youths: (1) successful completion of probation, (2) arrests, (3) probation violations, (4) incarcerations, (5) successful completion of restitution, and (6) successful completion of community service. This annual report summarizes those outcomes for FY04–05.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effects — Nov 25, 2005

Over the past ten years, probation departments across the state of California have undertaken five major initiatives aimed at juvenile offenders and at-risk youths.

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Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County Probation System — Aug 26, 2005

Describes RAND’s validation of the San Diego Risk and Resiliency Checkup (SDRRC), an assessment tool meant to objectively measure the risk and needs of the risk and needs of juvenile probationers in Los Angeles County. A youth’s SDRRC “resiliency score” was found to be significantly related to 12-month recidivism rate. The Los Angeles Probation Department has implemented a policy to institutionalize the SDRRC, now…

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Effects of Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California — Aug 18, 2005

Over the past ten years, California has undertaken five major initiatives aimed at juvenile offenders and at-risk youths. While juvenile arrests and teen pregnancies have dropped, these outcomes cannot be definitively attributed to the initiatives.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Effectiveness of Community-Based Treatment for Substance-Abusing Adolescents: 12-Month Outcomes of Youths Entering Phoenix Academy or Alternative Probation Dispositions — Dec 31, 2003

Whereas strong efficacy research has been conducted on novel treatment approaches for adolescent substance abusers, little is known about the effectiveness of the substance abuse treatment approaches most commonly available to youths, their families, and referring agencies. This report compares the 12-month outcomes of adolescent probationers who received either Phoenix Academy, a therapeutic community for adolescents that uses a treatment…

JOURNAL ARTICLE

An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles — Dec 31, 2002

Established in 1987, the program model, called Phoenix Academy, is a modified therapeutic community for adolescents that integrates an on-site public school into the treatment milieu. The model employs the view that substance abuse is the outward manifestation of a broad set of personal and developmental problems.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Ventura County and the Theory of Community Justice — Dec 31, 2001

This chapter outlines the community justice model and applies it to one probation program.

REPORT

An Experimental Evaluation of Drug Testing and Treatment Intervention for Probationers in Maricopa County, Arizona — Dec 31, 1995

This report presents the results of RAND's evaluation of a 1992 experimental drug testing and alternative invention program implemented in cooperation with the Maricopa County (Arizona) Adult Probation Department.

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Intensive Probation and Parole — Dec 31, 1995

Intensive supervision programs (ISP) have proliferated in the past decade. They generally emphasize reduced caseloads, close surveillance, urinalysis, treatment, and employment.

REPORT

Diverting Prisoners to Intensive Probation: Results of an Experiment in Oregon — Dec 31, 1989

This Note presents the results of an evaluation of an ISP implemented by Marion County, Oregon, which documents a number of important lessons regarding implementing a prison-diversion ISP.

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