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Youth & Reentry

Youth & Reentry. Leah Kane Council of State Governments Justice Center. Authorized by the passage of the Second Chance Act in April 2008 Launched by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in October 2009

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Youth & Reentry

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  1. Youth & Reentry Leah Kane Council of State Governments Justice Center

  2. Authorized by the passage of the Second Chance Act in April 2008 • Launched by the Council of State Governments Justice Center in October 2009 • Administered in partnership with the Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice

  3. NRRC Objectives • Provide a one-stop, interactive source of current, user-friendly reentry information. • Identify, document, and promote evidence-based practices. • Advance the reentry field through training, distance learning, and knowledge development. • Deliver individualized, targeted technical assistance to the Second Chance Act grantees.

  4. www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org

  5. http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/faqs

  6. Distance Learning http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/training/webcasts

  7. http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/library

  8. http://nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/what_works

  9. http://www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/reentry-council

  10. www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/national-criminal-justice-initiatives-mapwww.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org/national-criminal-justice-initiatives-map

  11. www.nationalreentryresourcecenter.org

  12. Working with Youth: What the Research Tells Us

  13. How did we get here? • OJJDP’s Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders (1993) • Intensive Aftercare Program • Lipsey’s Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol • Pathways to Desistance

  14. How did we get here? • OJJDP’s Model Programs Guide • SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices • Blueprints for Violence Prevention • CrimeSolutions.gov • NRRC’s What Works Library

  15. What the Research Tells Us Works

  16. What the Research Tells Us Works Risk of recidivism Risk principle – use standardized and validated measures of risk/need to determine which youth should receive Risk principle tells us WHO

  17. What the Research Tells Us Works

  18. Risk Principle in Action Juveniles with a higher risk for recidivism should receive more intensive services and supervision for a longer period of time Programming Risk of Recidivism Supervision Juveniles with a lower risk for recidivism are less likely to benefit from intensive supervision and services Match risk level with supervision & programming

  19. What the Research Tells Us Works

  20. Need Principle • Identify each youth’s criminogenicneeds (dynamic factors related to the probability of recidivism) • Antisocial attitudes • Influence of antisocial friends/lack of prosocial friends/supports • Antisocial personality conducive to criminal behavior • Substance abuse • Family factors • Lack of educational/vocational attainment • Provide programming to reduce these needs

  21. Need Principle

  22. Most Successful Types of Treatment Approaches • Family based therapies – Multi-systemic & Functional Family Therapy • Social learning – modeling prosocial behavior, skills development • Cognitive behavioral – cognitive theory, problem solving • Targeting specific needs – problem sexual behavior, violence, substance abuse, serious mental illness

  23. What the Research Tells Us Works

  24. Responsivity Principle • Match youth to staff and program to maximize youth responsiveness: • Motivation • Mental health • Maturity • Gender • Cultural background • Cognitive deficiencies

  25. How well Who What How

  26. Characteristics of Effective Programs • Disrupt delinquent relationships & build natural supportive prosocial relationships • Assist youth in maintaining contact with the family and work to teach family members skills to support youth • Intensity of interventions corresponds with level of risk • Provides for a continuum of care • Have qualified, experienced, dedicated, & educated leadership & staff • Adhere to program fidelity • Establish performance measures and conduct evaluations • Are stable & have sufficient resources & support

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