New York State's Adolescent Diversion Program
(NY State) seeks to divert 16- and 17-year-old defendants from the adult criminal justice system by providing them with age-appropriate alternatives and services.
After assessing the available evidence, the CrimeSolutions.gov team rated the program as "Promising" - participants were 8 percent less likely to be rearrested for a felony as compared to 10 percent in the comparison group members. Likewise, both adjournment in contemplation of dismissal and case dismissals were significantly lower for program participants (52% vs. 40% and 13% vs 24%, respectively).
Learn more about this program and the evaluations on CrimeSolutions.gov.
Funding Available for High-Risk Communities for Local Prevention Planning From the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention at the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency recently released a new funding announcement available to communities that have identified significant issues among their youth, including:
- alcohol and other drug use,
- delinquency,
- teen pregnancy,
- school drop out, and
- youth violence.
Priority will be given to communities that are at high-risk for youth violence, delinquency and other problem behaviors.
This funding is available for both planning and implementation of the Communities That Care prevention model. Communities That Care (CTC) is a strategic process of identifying and prioritizing Risk and Protective Factors for the community to address. Using the CTC process has proven to reduce youth violence, substance use, delinquency, and improve academic achievements. Get an overview of the CTC process or learn more from the developer.
Applications are due in PCCD's Egrants system on Friday, September 19, 2014.
Read the full Funding Announcement and visit PCCD's website for more information.
Health Care Sector Guide Now Available on Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking
Health care professionals frequently come into contact with youth who have past, ongoing, or potential sexual exploitation for commercial purposes or sex trafficking victimization. However, according to the 2013 report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council, Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States, the United States is in the early stages of recognizing, understanding, and developing solutions to prevent these crimes.
A new supplement to the report Guide for the Health Care Sector is designed for use by health care professionals and in settings where youth are treated for injury and illness or taught about prevention. The guide includes key terms, risk factors and consequences, barriers to identifying victims and survivors, current practices, and recommendations. This project was funded by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Resources:
Share the guide and other resources from the report.
OJJDP's Model Programs Guide Adds Three Literature Reviews
OJJDP's Model Programs Guide (MPG), an online resource of evidence-based juvenile justice and youth prevention, intervention, and reentry programs, has added three new literature reviews. MPG literature reviews provide practitioners and policymakers with relevant research and evaluations on more than 40 juvenile justice topics and programs. These three literature reviews address:
In addition to literature reviews, MPG offers program profiles, information on program implementation, and resource links.
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) are pleased to announce the availability of the latest in their new, co-produced Justice Research series. The series reports on findings from joint NIJ and OJJDP research on youth in the juvenile justice system.
"Changing Lives: Prevention and Intervention to Reduce Serious Offending" focuses on the highest quality evaluation studies and research reviews, grouped by program focus, to assess early childhood, juvenile, and early adulthood programs that have demonstrated impacts on offending in early adulthood or up to age 29.
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