Recidivism
Recidivism
- Alaska Department of Health and Social Services – Juvenile Justice Report Card – 2008: The Division of Juvenile Justice measures recidivism for two populations of youth: those released from treatment in one of Alaska’s secure juvenile facilities and youth who complete probation supervision. Page 1
- Division of Youth Services, Arkansas Child Welfare Report Card, June 2006 – June 2007: Recommitments encompass all juveniles who have previously been committed to DYS and received another order of commitment during the fiscal year. Page 11
- Arkansas DHHS Statistical Report Division of Youth Services FY 2007: Number of adjudicated delinquents recommitted to youth services centers FY 2003 – 2007. Page 16
- State of Delaware: The Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families: FY 2009 Joint Finance Committee Briefing Book – Ferris School for Boys Level V Recidivism Rates. Pages 6
- State of Delaware: Services for Children, Youth, and their Families – Performance Measures: Level IV Juvenile Justice Alternative Placements Recidivism Rates and Ferris School Level V Recidivism Rates - Page 7
- 2006 Annual Report to the Florida Department of Education: This review examines the literature on education, employment, and recidivism in order to identify what is known about whether education or employment might serve as a turning point for juvenile offenders. Chapter 5
- 2006 Annual Report to the Florida Department of Education: Chapter 6 extends the examination of academic attainment while committed to include middle school as well as high school students and includes the potential impact of academic attainment on school attendance, diploma, length of employment, and re-arrest three years post-release. Chapter 6
- Florida Department of Juvenile Justice - Program Accountability Measures (PAM) Report: This document summarizes the two years of measurement by the Department regarding recidivism and cost-effectiveness of residential commitment programs serving delinquent youth. Entire Document
- Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice, Program Recidivism Update, FY 1998-2005: This report provides the most current measures of post-release offending for one, two, and three-years of follow-up for three major categories of programs (Probation, Short Term, and Commitment) that DJJ has operated over the past eight fiscal years. Entire Document
- State of Indiana, Department of Corrections, Juvenile Recidivism 2007: This study looks at Juvenile offenders released in 2004 and follows the offender for three years from their release date to determine if the offender returned to incarceration in either a Juvenile or Adult Facility. Entire Document
- Iowa Department of Human Rights Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning, Recidivism Report 2007: This report contains district-level numbers for the percent of juveniles in Iowa’s Juvenile Court System and the number who re-offended (subsequent complaint/s). Entire Document
- State of Iowa Juvenile Delinquency Service Report FY 2007: For the purposes of this report, recidivists are youth who discharged from delinquency services during FY07 with a new complaint between the date of discharge and September 30, 2007. Pages 25-35
- Maine Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services, Taking Measure, January 2007: The Division monitored the recidivism rate of juveniles in the juvenile justice system in Maine. They chose to compare cohorts of youth from one year to the next. Youth adjudicated of an offense for the first time in 1998 were selected for the first cohort. Additional cohorts in subsequent years allow the Division to determine whether their intervention efforts are affecting recidivism rates. Pages 36-37
- Maine Department of Corrections, Annual Juvenile Recidivism Report, March 2008: This report examines trends in first time adjudications and recidivism for the 2000 through 2005 cohorts including trends at the state and county level, type and severity of offenses committed, and age, gender, and race characteristics. Entire Document
- Massachusetts Department of Youth Services Client Demographic Report: Recidivism measures include DYS Revocations Ratio of Revocations to Community Caseload and One-Year Re-Conviction Rates for DYS Discharges. Page 2-3
- Recidivism for Juvenile Justice Youths, Michigan Department of Human Services, 2002-2005: This study examined recidivism of juvenile justice youths supervised by the Michigan Department of Human Services (DHS) who were released from residential treatment between January 1, 2002 and December 31, 2005. Recidivism was defined as a new contact with the criminal justice system following release from the last DHS supervised residential treatment placement. Entire Document
- Missouri Department of Social Services, Division of Youth Services, Annual Report FY 2007: For the purposes of this report, recidivism refers to the percentage of youth re-entering the division during the fiscal year who had received discharges during the current or previous fiscal years. Page 26
- Nebraska Juvenile Correction Facilities Master Plan Update, Final Report 2007: This report displays the trends in parole revocation hearing statistics between FY 2000 and FY 2005. Pages 40-41
- Department of Health and Human Services, Nebraska Health and Human Services System, Office of Protection and Safety, 2006 Annual Report: This report presents information for Parole Revocation Hearings. Youth who were placed in Youth Rehabilitation and Treatment Centers (YRTC) are paroled from the YRTC when they have completed their youth treatment program and are released with ”Conditions of Liberty” under the supervision of an HHS-OJS Juvenile Services Officer. Parole may be revoked when a youth has violated their Conditions of Liberty. Pages 16-17
- Final Report to the Nebraska Community Corrections Council: Metropolitan Community Justice Recidivism Reduction Center Study 2006: This study presents support for a community justice recidivism reduction center to be located in the Omaha metropolitan area. The study was to provide insight into the eventual costs of a Recidivism Center and consider the means by which the Center can achieve sustainability. Entire Document
- New Mexico – Juvenile Justice Services – Quarterly Performance Measures FY2008: This report includes percent of re-adjudicated clients, percent of clients recommitted to a CYFD facility, percent of Functional Family Therapy (FFT)/ Multi-systemic Therapy (MST) clients who have not committed a subsequent juvenile offense, and Percent of youth committed to a NMCD facility after release or discharge from a JJS facility. Entire Document
- Office of Correctional Education (OCE)/Correction Education Association (CEA) - Three State Recidivism Study, 2001: The Correctional Education Association conducted the Three State Recidivism Study for the United States Department of Education Office of Correctional Education. The study was designed to see if education, independent of other programs, could have significant impact on the behavior of inmates after release. Entire Document
- Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA), State of Oklahoma, the 2007 Annual Report: This report provides recidivism data for OJA in 2007. OJA defines recidivism as the occurrence of a new referral or arrest for a criminal offense within one year of completion of services, followed by admission of guilt and revocation of parole, placement on informal probation, adjudication as a Delinquent or Youthful Offender, or conviction as an adult. Pages 23-27
- South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice Report Card 2007: This report includes the recidivism rate for juvenile offenders on probation/parole or in arbitration programs. Page 10
- Texas: Employment and Recidivism Among Juveniles: This study had two purposes, first to examine the impact of career development on the formation of mature attitudes and competencies for realistic career decision making for incarcerated youthful offenders, and second to determine the likelihood of gaining employment and the probability of recidivism for this population from participation in career development. Entire Document
- Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, DJJ Justice Quarterly, Youth Industries in Virginia: A Comprehensive Review, July 2004: Virginia DJJ uses reconviction as its official definition of recidivism. This report describes how the ultimate goal of youth industries is to decrease recidivism by teaching juveniles marketable job skills, giving them work experience, and helping them develop positive work habits. Page 7
- Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Correctional Education Benefit Cost Analysis of Vocational Education Programs (Currently Referred To As) Career and Technical Education, 2008: Two approaches are used to present data regarding the costs and benefits of DCE vocational education programs in Virginia prisons. The first includes only re-incarceration costs annualized by type of offense. The second includes re-incarceration costs and recent estimates of criminal justice costs avoided by reduced recidivism. Calculations were made on an annual basis and are therefore conservative since monetary benefits will multiply every year a prisoner does not recidivate. Entire Document
- The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice, Data Resource Guide Fiscal Year 2007: This report gives a description of recommitment in Virginia and describes how comparison of results is often difficult because the evaluation methodologies used vary widely from program to program. Section IV
- Wisconsin - Division of Juvenile Corrections 2007 Annual Report: Recidivism data on youth release from the Juvenile Correctional Institutions. Page 2
- State of Wisconsin, Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Corrections – 2006 Report: Outcome information on education, cognitive intervention, recidivism, and youth accountability efforts is included in this report. Page 4
- Louisiana - Profile of Recidivism in Office of Youth Development: OYD defines a recidivist as any juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent and either placed into the custody of or under the supervision of the Office of Youth Development, who then following discharge: 1. Is subsequently re-adjudicated for any delinquent offense as a juvenile, and is again placed into the custody of or supervision of the OYD, or 2. Is convicted in an Adult Court, and sentenced to the custody or supervision of the OYD. Entire Document
- Juvenile Recidivism in Idaho, 2008: Recidivism, as defined by the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections (IDJC) is the act of being adjudicated or convicted of a new felony or misdemeanor that is not a status offense or probation violation. Entire Document
- Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections Statewide Fact Sheet Qtr 4 (April 1-June 30, 2008): The Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections’ statewide Quarter 4 Fact Sheet is a quick picture of the Department’s key statistics. Demographic statistics include: age, gender, ethnicity, length of stay, commitments, releases, and recommitments. Page 2
- Juvenile Justice in Idaho, Final Report 2006: Recidivism, as defined by the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections (IDJC), is the act of being adjudicated or convicted of a new felony or misdemeanor that is not a status offense or probation violation. Page 17
- Oregon Juvenile Justice Information System, Data and Evaluation Reports, Recidivism 2006: This report contains statewide and county‐specific measures of recidivism for 2006 based on the measurement of criminal activity as a gauge of community safety. Definition of recidivism for this report: 1) As a measure of public safety, recidivism is defined as a new criminal referral, and 2) A criminal referral is a law enforcement report to a juvenile department alleging one or more felony or misdemeanor acts (offenses). Entire Document