Advancing Evidence-Based Practices for Juvenile Justice Reform Through Community Development |
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Authors: | Stephen W. Phillippi Jr. Joseph Cocozza Debra K. DePrato |
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Affiliation: | 1. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center School of Public Health , New Orleans , LA , USA sphill2@lsuhsc.edu;3. National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates , Delmar , NY , USA;4. Institute for Public Health &5. Justice, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center , Baton Rouge , LA , USA |
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Abstract: | There is a general agreement in the literature concerning what works and what does not work in reducing delinquent behavior with juvenile offenders in communities; however, this knowledge has had limited penetration into general public, political, and policymaking venues, as it is reported that less than 10% of juvenile offenders are afforded evidence-based community services. This article describes how Louisiana, through a combination of state, local, university, and national partnerships, adopted a community development model that has led to a 27% increase in juvenile-justice-involved youth having access to evidence-based services while the state witnessed a simultaneous 46% drop in juvenile arrests between 2006 and 2010. |
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Keywords: | Community development evidence-based community services juvenile offenders evidence partnerships |
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