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Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York

Applying the Positive Youth Justice Model. Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 2011 Conference of the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association September 19, 2011. 2010 Report from CJJ.

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Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York

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  1. Applying the Positive Youth Justice Model Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. John Jay College of Criminal Justice City University of New York 2011 Conference of the Oregon Juvenile Department Directors Association September 19, 2011

  2. 2010 Report from CJJ Butts, Jeffrey A., Gordon Bazemore, and Aundra Saa Meroe (2010)  Positive youth justice: Framing justice interventions using the concepts of positive youth development Washington, DC: Coalition for Juvenile Justice. www.juvjustice.org

  3. Our Model: Positive Youth Justice Source: Butts, Bazemore, and Meroe (2010)

  4. Step 1 – Choose 1 Domain Assume you are preparing a plan of interventions for a youth on supervision or aftercare, not in an out-of-home placement. • Work • Education • Relationships • Community • Health • Creativity

  5. Step 2 – For Your Domain Only Propose 3 specific things that you would like the youth either to achieve or experience during a period of intervention.

  6. Step 3 – For Your 3 Goals Propose strategies or approaches that could be used to help the youth meet these specific goals. Could involve public agency, private providers, community partners, volunteers, etc.

  7. Step 4 – For Your 3 Goals Propose simple measurement strategies that could be used to assess the youth’s progress or completion of each goal. • Strategies must be feasible and affordable and lead to individual-level outcome measures.

  8. More Than Mental Health Treatment  Even a perfect mental health treatmentsystem would not eliminate juvenile crimeand recidivism  The overlap between crime and mentalhealth is misunderstood (and often misused) 8

  9. Contact Information Jeffrey A. Butts, Ph.D. Director, Research & Evaluation CenterJohn Jay College of Criminal JusticeCity University of New York www.jjay.cuny.edu/rec jbutts@jjay.cuny.edu www.jeffreybutts.net

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