Category: Emily Pelletier

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Positive Outcomes

This report reviews a number of prominent frameworks that are available to help youth justice systems rely on positive outcomes rather than recidivism to measure their effectiveness. These include the Developmental Assets model, the 5Cs model, the Youth Program Quality Assessment model, the Positive Youth Justice model, and the Youth Thrive framework. Each model or framework aligns with the key principles of positive youth development as well as the large body of research on desistance from crime, which is also presented in this report. Continue reading Positive Outcomes

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Alana Henninger, Caterina Roman, CBVP, Community Interventions, Douglas Evans, Emily Pelletier, Evaluation, Jeffrey Butts, Jennifer Peirce, JohnJayREC Products, Kathy Tomberg, KL Blount-Hill, Laila Alsabahi, Megan O'Toole, Michelle Cubellis, Monographs, Sheyla Delgado, Violence

Street by Street: Cross-Site Evaluation of the OJJDP Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program

While one of the strengths of OJJDP’s CBVP model was its emphasis on adaptation to local context and needs, the variation across program sites posed serious challenges for the evaluation and made it impossible to assess and compare outcomes in each city. Continue reading Street by Street: Cross-Site Evaluation of the OJJDP Community-Based Violence Prevention Demonstration Program

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Emily Pelletier, Evidence Generation, Jeffrey Butts, Other Products

Testimony to the New York City Council

Reducing delinquency and youth violence among justice-involved young people is a complicated business. Public safety is best protected when youth justice providers work with young people in their own communities, and when the efforts of courts and children’s services are coordinated with prevention agencies, schools, social services, neighborhood organizations, and faith-based groups. Continue reading Testimony to the New York City Council

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