Evaluation of Pennsylvania's Juvenile Prosecution and Defense Capacity Building Projects, Appendices

• NCJ Number: 227147
• Author(s): David Myers; Dennis Giever; Daniel Lee; Jay Gilliam
• Date Published: 2008
• Length: 274 pages
• Grant Number(s): 2004-DS-19-16255
• Sponsoring Agency: Pennsylvania Cmssn on Crime and Delinquency
• Corporate Author: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
• Sale Source: Pennsylvania Cmssn on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Document
• Publication Type: Statistics; Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded June 3, 2009; for the final report, see NCJ-227146.

Annotation

These are the appendixes to the report on the evaluation of Pennsylvania's Juvenile Prosecution and Defense Capacity Building Projects (JPDCBP), which were implemented in 28 counties of the Commonwealth in an effort to improve their juvenile case processing capabilities, strengthen the coordination of juvenile court operations, and enhance the quality of juvenile advocacy and case preparation.

Abstract

One appendix presents a table that summarizes the project funding and personnel hired for each county for each year of the project. A second appendix describes the juvenile justice system of each participating county and JPDCBP-related activities over the course of the project, along with figures that show changes that have occurred in juvenile case processing from 1992 through 2005. The remaining five appendixes pertain to specific evaluation instruments and results. One appendix contains the telephone interview guide for project directors. Interview questions generally focused on how JPDCBP funds were used to improve juvenile case processing in the county, successes and challenges of the county's project, implementation and effectiveness of Balanced and Restorative Justice, and juvenile justice training and education being provided to those working in juvenile justice. The responses from the interviews are provided in another appendix. A fifth appendix contains the interview guide for the evaluation's site visits, which were conducted in 4 of the 28 participating counties. During each site visit, interview and observational data were collected from juvenile court judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and probation officers. Results of these site-visit interviews are presented in another appendix. The final appendix contains the self-administered questionnaire completed by four key respondent groups throughout Pennsylvania: juvenile court judges, prosecutors, public defenders, and probation officers. Survey items were designed to obtain quantitative data related to evaluation objectives.