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How Does the Juvenile Justice System Measure Up? Applying Performance Measures in Five Jurisdictions
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How Does the Juvenile Justice System Measure Up? Applying Performance Measures in Five Jurisdictions
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The measuring and reporting of juvenile justice systems performance outcomes is explained. This report has the following sections: is juvenile justice worth measuring?; what performance measurement is; why measure performance?; strategic approach to developing performance measures; about recidivism; understanding performance measures -- some important terms; a proven strategy for measuring juvenile justice performance; measuring balanced and restorative justice -- goals, activities, and outcomes; measuring performance -- five critical elements; measuring juvenile justice performance -- results from five jurisdictions; Pennsylvania -- responding to the Governor's request for juvenile justice performance measures; selected categories and outcome measures for the 2006 Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Court Judges' Commission; South Carolina -- using performance measures to demonstrate a new way of doing business; selected categories and outcome measures for the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice; Deschutes County, Oregon -- using performance measures to demonstrate returns on investment (ROI) in juvenile justice; selected categories, outcome measures, and sample page for the Report Card -- Deschutes County (OR) Juvenile Justice community Justice Benchmark Outcomes Allegheny County, PA: using performance measures to administer, manage, and plan; selected categories, outcome measures, and sample page for the Allegheny County (PA) Benchmark Outcomes; Marquette County, Michigan -- creating public awareness and increasing community awareness; selected categories, outcome measures, and sample page for the Marquette County (MI) Juvenile Court Benchmark Measures; improving the juvenile justice system through performance measures; and summary.