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Florida's Juvenile Justice Programs Outcome Evaluation Report: A Further Step Toward Accountability

NCJ Number
149535
Date Published
1992
Length
483 pages
Annotation
This report evaluates the juvenile justice services provided by the Florida Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services with respect to two major outcomes: successful program completion and recidivism.
Abstract
Data came from the client database, annual reports from providers, and other reports covering 19 program components and more than 57 separate programs. The results were used to recommend expansion, improvement, modification, maintenance, or elimination of each program, contract, or program component. The report includes background information on outcome evaluation, a statistical description of the population entering the juvenile justice systems, summaries of recommendations, discussions of the recommendations for each program component, and comparisons across programs. Figures, tables, and methodological information