NDLI: Implementation and Outcomes of an Innovative Front End Juvenile Justice Reform Initiative

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Author	Ehrhard Dietzel, Susan Barton, Michael S. Hickey, Darien A.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	The current study describes the successes and challenges experienced during the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Mobile Response Team (JJMRT) initiative in Albany, New York. This initiative represented a collaborative effort by local police, probation and three local non-profit community agencies to better identify the needs and risks of youth at time of arrest to ensure the needs of the youth were appropriately met.A combination of qualitative and quantitative data were used to describe the organization, implementation, and impacts of the JJMRT on the local juvenile justice system. Qualitative data consisted of interviews conducted with members of each of the organizations involved in the JJMRT initiative. Quantitative data was collected from the JJMRT intake forms and was analyzed descriptively.Findings suggest this initiative had a limited impact on the juvenile justice system response to youth upon arrest, but that the initiative was successful in facilitating increased awareness of the perspectives and duties of each of the different agencies involved in the local juvenile justice system.While the JJMRT initiative had limited success in achieving its stated goal, a number of lessons were learned. First, the results highlight the importance of applying the risk-need-responsivity model at the earliest point possible, as the screening conducted by JJMRT before youth were officially arrested resulted in the discontinuation of about a quarter of youth arrests and in turn allowed for the avoidance of formal processing. Second, a growing body of research argued for the inclusion of social workers in the juvenile justice process in a fashion similar to that of the JJMRT. While the results of the current study suggest the inclusion of social workers facilitated increased communication among juvenile justice stakeholders, it also resulted in at least short term tensions as all involved adjusted to new roles and responsibilities.
Starting Page	223
Ending Page	234
Page Count	12
File Format	PDF
ISSN	07380151
Journal	Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal
Volume Number	34
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	15732797
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2016-08-27
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Criminal justice policy Juvenile justice Juvenile offenders Needs assessment Risk assessment Personality and Social Psychology Clinical Psychology Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Social Work

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
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