Delaware Juvenile Recidivism Study: Summary of Findings for July 1994 Through December 1998

• NCJ Number: 183708
• Author(s): Jorge Rodriguez-Labarca; John P. O'Connell
• Date Published: March 2000
• Length: 23 pages
• Corporate Author: Delaware Statistical Analysis Ctr
• Sale Source: NCJRS Photocopy Services; Delaware Statistical Analysis Ctr
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This is a summary of findings from the Delaware Juvenile Recidivism Study for July 1994 through December 1998.

Abstract

Under juvenile sentencing guidelines, Delaware's Family Court adjudicates delinquent youth using a graduated range of sanctions: loss of freedom in a Level V secure facility; Level IV programs, 24-hour residential programs, most contracted to outside providers, focusing on the most appropriate rehabilitation as determined by the Youth Rehabilitative Services classification process; and Level III, either community-based rehabilitative residential programs or intensive community based rehabilitative services, all contracted to outside service providers. Recidivism is defined as a post-release felony arrest. Recidivism results are comprehensive in that they cover 4 years of juvenile offender movements and because of the level of detail used in determining recidivism patterns. The search for arrests continued beyond subjects' 18th birthday into their young adult years. The study does not claim that Delaware's procedures optimized the use of the graduated sanction system or identified the best mix of programs. Tables, figures