CALIFORNIAS JUVENILE JUSTICE CRIME PREVENTION ACT'

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CALIFORNIAS JUVENILE JUSTICE CRIME PREVENTION
ACT.

• By Janine Niccoli.
• POLS 680.
• April 14, 2008.
• jniccoli_at_mail.csuchico.edu.

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INTRODUCTION.

• Increase in violent juvenile crime.
• Schiff-Cardenas Crime Prevention Act.
• Balanced solution to juvenile crime.
• Stable annual funding source to counties.

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JUVENILE JUSTICE CRIME PREVENTION ACT.

• Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council.
• Assess the local juvenile justice system.
• Comprehensive Multi-agency Juvenile Justice Plan.

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PROBLEMS AND ISSUES.

• Rising cost of juvenile crime.
• Increase in violent juvenile crime.
• Juvenile Recidivism.

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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES.

• Improve public safety.
• Reduce juvenile crime and delinquency.
• Reduce juvenile recidivism.
• Reduce the cost of juvenile crime.

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OUTCOME MEASURES.

• Arrest.
• Incarceration.
• Probation violation.

• Restitution.
• Community Service.
• Probation.

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POLICY RESPONSE CRIME AND DELINQUENCY.

• JJCPA outcome measures.
• Juvenile arrest rates.

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ARREST AND INCARCERATION.
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JUVENILE ARREST RATE.
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POLICY RESPONSE JUVENILE RECIDIVISM.

• Risk assessment instruments.
• Measures of recidivism.

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POLICY RESPONSE REDUCING COSTS OF JUVENILE CRIME.

• Decrease in population of juvenile wards.
• Contributing factors.

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JUVENILE INMATE POPULATION
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PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS.

• 105,421 youth served each year.
• 6,325 less arrests.
• 4,217 less incarcerations.
• 5,271 more successful probations.

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BARRIERS TO MEASURING SUCCESS.

• Data quality.
• Incomplete Data.
• Evaluating the cost of juvenile crime.

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CONCLUSION.

• Is the JJCPA a successful policy?
• Impact on juvenile crime.
• Impact on recidivism.
• Impact on costs of juvenile crime.

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CONCLUSION CONTINUED.

• Positive impact on participants.
• Insufficient evidence.

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THE END!

• Questions?