Youth Courts
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CrimeSolutions’ ratings are assigned from standardized reviews of rigorous evaluations and meta-analyses. While we encourage you to learn more about this process, you don’t need to in order to benefit from it. Our clear ratings and profiles can help you determine if a program or category of program is worth pursuing.
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Effective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Promising | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Ineffective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will not achieve the intended outcome. |
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Negative Effects | Implementing the program, or program encompassed by the practice, will not result in intended outcome(s) and may result in harmful effects. |
Programs
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Topic: youth courts| Title | Evidence Rating | Topics | Summary | RCT | ||
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| Program Profile: Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) |
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Diversion, Crime prevention, Juvenile justice | This is an intervention designed to prevent future criminal activity among system-involved youth through using short-term, high-intensity relationships with paid mentors, referred to as Advocates. The program is rated Promising. Program participants showed statistically significant improvement in educational engagement and reductions in serious dispositions, compared with a comparison group. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Aftercare Program |
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Training, Mental health, Diversion, Intake/assessment, Jobs and workforce development, Young juvenile offenders, Access to education, Reentry, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Inmate assistance programs, Employment initiatives | This program was located at a secure-custody residential facility that provided educational and vocational training to moderate-risk male youth. The program is rated Ineffective. Participants showed a statistically significant greater likelihood of obtaining a degree, compared with nonparticipants. However, there were no statistically significant differences in any arrest for any offense overall and felony arrest specifically, employment, time employed, or higher education enrollment. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Juvenile Breaking the Cycle (JBTC) Program (Lane County, Oregon) |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Marijuana, Alcohol, Mental health, Substance abuse, Diversion, Case Management, Treatment, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Diversion, Legal substances, Drugs, Drug treatment | Using comprehensive assessments, the program identified, provided, and coordinated individualized services for high-risk, drug-involved, justice-involved juveniles. This program is rated Effective. Results suggest that JBTC participants were significantly less likely to recidivate and had statistically significantly fewer arrests, compared with non-JBTC participants. However, the impact on self-reported drug use was mixed. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Red Hook Community Justice Center: Family Court for Juveniles |
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Administrative Employees, Restitution, Family courts, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile justice | This is a problem-solving community court that seeks to prevent crime. One component of the program, the Family Court, hears juvenile delinquency cases involving youth aged 15 or younger, with the goal of responding to the specific needs of youth in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The program was rated Ineffective The program had no significant effect on recidivism rates for juvenile defendants. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Heroin, Marijuana, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Opioids | These court supervised, post-plea (but pre-final disposition) drug diversion programs provide comprehensive community-based treatment services to juveniles convicted of an offense and their families. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Independence Youth Court |
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Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Youth courts | This is a diversion program for young persons. The primary goal of the program is to reduce the occurrence of juvenile crime by diverting youth from the traditional juvenile justice system and providing an alternative to formal processing. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group youth were statistically significantly less likely to reoffend, compared with control group youth. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Job Corps |
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Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Dropout/expulsion, Jobs and workforce development, Employment initiatives, Child health and welfare, Juvenile delinquency prevention, Alcohol, Legal substances, Drugs | This is an educational and job training program for economically disadvantaged youth. The program is rated Promising. Youth in Job Corps demonstrated a lower rate of future arrest, conviction, and incarceration, as well as a higher rate of employment, higher earnings, and longer time spent employed, compared with control group youth. These findings were statistically significant. However, there were no statistically significant differences in alcohol or illegal drug use. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Washington State Aggression Replacement Training |
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Juvenile courts, Juvenile health, Mental health, Violent offenders, Treatment, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Sanctions | This is a group-based intervention for moderate- and high-risk juvenile court youth in Washington State. The goal is to reduce recidivism rates by teaching anger control, moral reasoning, and social skills. The program is rated Ineffective. One study found treatment group youth were statistically significantly more likely to recidivate, compared with the comparison group. Another study found no statistically significant differences in recidivism rates between the treatment and comparison groups. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Richmond (CA) Comprehensive Homicide Initiative |
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Gang Crime, Gun violence, Homicide, Violent offenders, Truancy, Community policing, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Jobs and workforce development, Crime prevention, Policing strategies, Intimate partner violence | This is a problem-oriented policing program that offered a collection of enforcement and non-enforcement strategies designed to reduce homicide in Richmond, Calif. The initiative combined traditional law enforcement practices with prevention and intervention efforts that involved partnerships with the community, other city agencies, and local schools. This program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant reduction of homicides following the implementation of the initiative. Date Posted: |
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CrimeSolutions’ ratings are assigned from standardized reviews of rigorous evaluations and meta-analyses. While we encourage you to learn more about this process, you don’t need to in order to benefit from it. Our clear ratings and profiles can help you determine if a program or category of program is worth pursuing.
| Icon | Rating | Description |
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Effective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Promising | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will achieve the intended outcome. |
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Ineffective | Implementing the program, or a program encompassed by the practice, will not achieve the intended outcome. |
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Negative Effects | Implementing the program, or program encompassed by the practice, will not result in intended outcome(s) and may result in harmful effects. |
Programs
Showing Results For:
Topic: youth courts| Title | Evidence Rating | Topics | Summary | RCT | ||
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| Program Profile: Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP) |
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Diversion, Crime prevention, Juvenile justice | This is an intervention designed to prevent future criminal activity among system-involved youth through using short-term, high-intensity relationships with paid mentors, referred to as Advocates. The program is rated Promising. Program participants showed statistically significant improvement in educational engagement and reductions in serious dispositions, compared with a comparison group. Date Posted: |
None | ||
| Program Profile: Avon Park Youth Academy and STREET Smart Aftercare Program |
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Training, Mental health, Diversion, Intake/assessment, Jobs and workforce development, Young juvenile offenders, Access to education, Reentry, Corrections, Correctional facilities, Juvenile detention, Juvenile justice, Inmate assistance programs, Employment initiatives | This program was located at a secure-custody residential facility that provided educational and vocational training to moderate-risk male youth. The program is rated Ineffective. Participants showed a statistically significant greater likelihood of obtaining a degree, compared with nonparticipants. However, there were no statistically significant differences in any arrest for any offense overall and felony arrest specifically, employment, time employed, or higher education enrollment. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Juvenile Breaking the Cycle (JBTC) Program (Lane County, Oregon) |
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Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Marijuana, Alcohol, Mental health, Substance abuse, Diversion, Case Management, Treatment, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Diversion, Legal substances, Drugs, Drug treatment | Using comprehensive assessments, the program identified, provided, and coordinated individualized services for high-risk, drug-involved, justice-involved juveniles. This program is rated Effective. Results suggest that JBTC participants were significantly less likely to recidivate and had statistically significantly fewer arrests, compared with non-JBTC participants. However, the impact on self-reported drug use was mixed. Date Posted: |
None | ||
| Program Profile: Red Hook Community Justice Center: Family Court for Juveniles |
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Administrative Employees, Restitution, Family courts, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Crime prevention, Recidivism, Juvenile justice | This is a problem-solving community court that seeks to prevent crime. One component of the program, the Family Court, hears juvenile delinquency cases involving youth aged 15 or younger, with the goal of responding to the specific needs of youth in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. The program was rated Ineffective The program had no significant effect on recidivism rates for juvenile defendants. Date Posted: |
None | ||
| Program Profile: Maine Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts |
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Alcohol-Related Offenses, Drug courts, Juvenile courts, Heroin, Marijuana, Alcohol, Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Diversion, Treatment, Problem-solving courts, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Opioids | These court supervised, post-plea (but pre-final disposition) drug diversion programs provide comprehensive community-based treatment services to juveniles convicted of an offense and their families. The program is rated Promising. The program had a statistically significant impact on recidivism. Date Posted: |
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| Program Profile: Independence Youth Court |
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Diversion, Youth/peer courts, Young juvenile offenders, Crime prevention, Youth courts | This is a diversion program for young persons. The primary goal of the program is to reduce the occurrence of juvenile crime by diverting youth from the traditional juvenile justice system and providing an alternative to formal processing. The program is rated Promising. Treatment group youth were statistically significantly less likely to reoffend, compared with control group youth. Date Posted: |
None | ||
| Program Profile: Job Corps |
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Substance abuse, Underage drinking, Dropout/expulsion, Jobs and workforce development, Employment initiatives, Child health and welfare, Juvenile delinquency prevention, Alcohol, Legal substances, Drugs | This is an educational and job training program for economically disadvantaged youth. The program is rated Promising. Youth in Job Corps demonstrated a lower rate of future arrest, conviction, and incarceration, as well as a higher rate of employment, higher earnings, and longer time spent employed, compared with control group youth. These findings were statistically significant. However, there were no statistically significant differences in alcohol or illegal drug use. Date Posted: |
Randomized Controlled Trial | ||
| Program Profile: Washington State Aggression Replacement Training |
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Juvenile courts, Juvenile health, Mental health, Violent offenders, Treatment, Recidivism, Crime prevention, Sanctions | This is a group-based intervention for moderate- and high-risk juvenile court youth in Washington State. The goal is to reduce recidivism rates by teaching anger control, moral reasoning, and social skills. The program is rated Ineffective. One study found treatment group youth were statistically significantly more likely to recidivate, compared with the comparison group. Another study found no statistically significant differences in recidivism rates between the treatment and comparison groups. Date Posted: |
None | ||
| Program Profile: Richmond (CA) Comprehensive Homicide Initiative |
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Gang Crime, Gun violence, Homicide, Violent offenders, Truancy, Community policing, Patrol, Problem-oriented policing, Jobs and workforce development, Crime prevention, Policing strategies, Intimate partner violence | This is a problem-oriented policing program that offered a collection of enforcement and non-enforcement strategies designed to reduce homicide in Richmond, Calif. The initiative combined traditional law enforcement practices with prevention and intervention efforts that involved partnerships with the community, other city agencies, and local schools. This program is rated Promising. There was a statistically significant reduction of homicides following the implementation of the initiative. Date Posted: |
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