On December 3, 2010, Georgetown Public Policy Institute's Center for Juvenile Justice Reform released a paper titled "Improving the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Programs: A New Perspective on Evidence-Based Practice." The paper provides an overview of a tool that can help measure the effectiveness of existing juvenile justice programs and determine how they can be improved. It embeds this tool within "The Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent and Chronic Offenders" to support a full continuum of effective programming and ensure youth are matched to programs that meet their needs and level of risk.
Shay Bilchik, the Center's director, emphasized that the framework presented in the paper provides an approach that has been missing from evidence-based practice in the past. He said, "It is not just about evaluating programs, but ensuring that there is a sufficient array of programs available, that youth are matched to appropriate services based on risk and need and that services are evaluated to determine if we are achieving the outcomes the science tells us we should be able to realize." Overall, the tool is designed to help states implement evidence-based treatment programs that reduce recidivism.
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The paper and related materials are available at cjjr.georgetown.edu.
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