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What Exactly Is It That We Do?

Washington State Center for Court Research. What Exactly Is It That We Do?. Improve Accountability and Effectiveness for Washington’s Courts with Analysis, Evaluation, and Operational Management Tools. Court Contact and Recidivism Database. 1980 to now

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What Exactly Is It That We Do?

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  1. Washington State Center for Court Research What Exactly Is It That We Do? Improve Accountability and Effectiveness for Washington’s Courts with Analysis, Evaluation, and Operational Management Tools

  2. Court Contact and Recidivism Database • 1980 to now • Person, case, court, charge, case and charge outcome, dependency case processing, RCW, charge severity, DOB, race (&ethnicity), sex, jurisdiction, LFO, warrants, referral agency, WSIPP law category • Need better data for detention, jail, prison, and felony sentencing • A person-level file

  3. the eggs and flour…

  4. Multisystem Involvement the cake

  5. Multisystem involvement by race and ethnicity, youth with offender referrals 2005 to 2009

  6. Race, CA, and Prior Offender Referrals Percent with Substantial CA History (either investigation or legal action) NCJJ Cross-Systems King County Study

  7. NCJJ Cross-Systems King County Study

  8. Youth Referred on Offender Matters with Prior CPS Referral 47% – 62% 42% – 46% 17% – 41%

  9. CCRD also supports DMC analysis for juveniles and adults

  10. Assessment Research Database • 2004 to now • All juveniles screened as moderate or high risk • record of treatment eligibility, participation, and completion • A person-level file Criminal History, School, Use of Free Time, Employment, Relationships, Family History, Current Living Arrangements, Alcohol and Drug Use, Mental Health, Attitudes/Behaviors, Aggression, Skills

  11. Evidence Based Programs Utilization Aggression Replacement Training Functional Family Therapy Multi-Systemic Therapy # Eligible: # Referred: # Started: # of Courts (2010) Number of Cases = 4,474 (N=29) (N=24) (N=2)

  12. Washington StateAggression Replacement TrainingAmong Offenders, 2004-2006 Felony Recidivism: 36.7% Felony Recidivism: 30.8% Felony Recidivism: 27.6%

  13. Court Contact? CheckNeeds Assessment? CheckAnything Else? Tools for QA

  14. Education Research Database

  15. ERD & Fundamental Research

  16. ERD and the old Truancy Petition Process

  17. Washington Assessments of the Risks and Needs of Students WARNS Youth Survey Aggression-Defiance Depression-Anxiety Substance Abuse Peer Deviance Family Environment School Engagement Need Categories: Low Moderate High Demographics School Barriers to Attendance Family Traumatic Experiences Criminal Justice bullying, gang affiliation, smoking Needs Scales Other areas of assessment • 80-item self-report • 10 – 20 minutes • 5th grade reading-level (English) • Paper & Online versions • Real-time individual-level results • FREE

  18. Goals • Develop a risk and needs assessment for schools, courts, and service providers: (1) identify youths at risk of truancy, delinquency, and dropping out of school (2) assess youth development in the educational, social, and psychological domains (3) brief and easy to administer, interpret (4) provide immediate, real-time scoring and reporting

  19. WARNS Versions Paper Online

  20. WARNS Reports: Student-identified Administrations Paper: Indiv. Needs Summaries Report Online: Individual WARNS Report

  21. Needs of Truant Kids… Percentage of Truant and Non-truant High School Students Scoring in the HIGH Needs Category

  22. WARNS + School + Juvenile Court Information = Insight Percentage of Community Truancy Board Participants, Status Offenders, and Criminal Offenders Scoring in the HIGH Needs Category

  23. Washington State Center for Court Research accountability and effectiveness for Washington’s Courts with analysis, evaluation, and operational management tools Carl McCurley, Ph.D. Manager, Washington State Center for Court Research Administrative Office of the Courts 360-705-5312 carl.mccurley@courts.wa.gov http://www.courts.wa.gov/wsccr/

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