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7 results foundAuthor: Hahn, Josephine Wonsun Title: Mental Health and Juvenile Justice: An Impact Evaluation of a Community-Based in Queens, New York Summary: In October 2008, QUEST Futures was launched by the Center for Court Innovation, in collaboration with the New York City Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator, the Queens Family Court, the New York City Departments of Law, Health and Mental Hygiene, and Probation, The Legal Aid Society, and other citywide juvenile justice and mental health agencies. QUEST Futures is a comprehensive intervention designed to reduce recidivism by engaging justice-involved youth and their families with mental health treatment and other services. The intervention works in conjunction with an alternative-to-detention (ATD) program, Queens Engagement Strategies for Teens (QUEST), which provides community supervision and afterschool programming for youths with juvenile delinquency cases in the Queens Family Court. QUEST participants are screened for mental health concerns, and those with a qualifying disorder are eligible to participate in QUEST Futures. This study assesses the impact of QUEST Futures on recidivism, warrants issued for failure to appear in court, days spent in detention, and juvenile delinquency case outcomes. A companion process evaluation was previously published in 2012. Details: New York: Center for Court Innovation, 2013. 35p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 14, 2014 at: http://www.iacpyouth.org/Portals/0/Resources/QUEST_Futures_Impact_Evaluation.pdf Year: 2013 Country: United States URL: http://www.iacpyouth.org/Portals/0/Resources/QUEST_Futures_Impact_Evaluation.pdf Shelf Number: 132677 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionCommunity-Based Corrections Juvenile Offenders Mental Health Services Recidivism |
Author: Noferi, Mark Title: A Humane Approach Can Work: The Effectiveness of Alternatives to Detention for Asylum Seekers Summary: For decades, the U.S. refugee protection system has been a symbol of the nation's generosity and openness to the world's persecuted. Yet since Congress' enactment of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), asylum seekers arriving at the United States-Mexico border have been subject to mandatory detention and summary deportation processes, resulting in the deportation of countless persons in need of protection. Empirical research has found, however, that asylum seekers fleeing persecution arrive predisposed to comply with legal processes and trust the system to provide them a fair hearing, even if they might lose. If the U.S. government treats asylum seekers fairly and humanely-i.e., releases them following their apprehension and provides legal assistance before their hearing-evidence suggests that they will be likely to appear for proceedings. Put simply, a humane approach can work. This report reviews emerging research on the release of asylum seekers from detention, including the impact of various forms of alternatives to detention (ATD), summarizes the primary harms caused by immigration detention, and argues that releasing asylum seekers (on alternatives as needed) and affording legal assistance can protect the rights of asylum seekers and facilitate compliance with proceedings and legitimate removals, at far less human and financial cost than detention. Details: Washington, DC: American Immigration Council; New York: Center for Migration Studies, 2015. 18p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 29, 2015 at: http://cmsny.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Humane-Approach-Can-Work.pdf Year: 2015 Country: United States URL: http://cmsny.org/wp-content/uploads/A-Humane-Approach-Can-Work.pdf Shelf Number: 136236 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionAsylum SeekersDeportationImmigrants |
Author: KPMG Title: Final Report for the Evaluation of Queensland's Youth Boot Camps Summary: In early 2013, we began a trial of 2 types of boot camps that aimed to keep young people out of trouble and detention. They were: - early intervention youth boot camps, for teenagers at risk of long-term offending - sentenced youth boot camp, for teenagers who ◦had a history of offending and were facing detention ◦were from Townsville and had 3 or more motor vehicle offences. In August 2015, we received an evaluation of the youth boot camp trial. We decided we would end the trial because of the report's findings. Our youth boot camp trial ended in October 2015 Details: Brisbane: Department of Justice and Attorney-General, 2015. 251p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed May 3, 2016 at: https://publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/ac40e5a2-e3e6-4a2a-a7bd-c616116c3a5e/resource/a654be83-cd7f-43b3-b6cd-cdf2c9c8b48d/download/finalreportfortheevaluationofqueenslandsyouthbootcamps.pdf Year: 2015 Country: Australia URL: https://publications.qld.gov.au/dataset/ac40e5a2-e3e6-4a2a-a7bd-c616116c3a5e/resource/a654be83-cd7f-43b3-b6cd-cdf2c9c8b48d/download/finalreportfortheevaluationofqueenslandsyouthbootcamps.pdf Shelf Number: 138901 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionAt-Risk YouthBoot CampsDelinquency PreventionJuvenile OffendersRecidivism |
Author: College of Policing (U.K.) Title: Bail report. Pre-charge bail -- an exploratory study Summary: The College of Policing today released its study into pre-charge bail which looked at the reasons behind the length of bail required by police. It comes after the Government proposed legislation to limit bail, authorised by inspectors, to 28 days. The new legislation also recommends bail which is extended beyond 28 days should be authorised by a superintendent and cases where bail is extended for three months or more be agreed at magistrates' court. Police use pre-charge bail as a way for officers to question a suspect and then allow the individual to return to their normal routine while further investigations are carried out. The law also allows officers to attach conditions to bail which can protect complainants or witnesses, preserve evidence and mitigate the risk of further criminality. The legislation introduces the requirement for bail to be used only when it is necessary and proportionate - so many cases where bail is currently imposed will no longer meet the required standards and those suspects would be released unconditionally. The professional body for the police worked with nine forces over six months to gather evidence involving more than 17,000 cases. It found; The average length of time individuals spent on pre-charge bail, including extensions, was 53 days 41 per cent of all cases involving violence and sexual offences were bailed for more than 28 days Forensic analysis was one of the key drivers of long periods of pre-charge bail. The study found 60 per cent of cases involving suspects who were bailed for more than 90 days involved some form of forensic analysis Phone downloads was the most frequent type of forensic analysis given as a reason for bail Other reasons that were cited for longer periods of bail were the file being with the Crown Prosecution Service for a decision on charging and the need to obtain a professional witness statement, for example, from a medical practitioner. The study found the implications for imposing a 28 day limit could create some difficulties for officers and staff including; A significant proportion of cases that are likely to require conditions, such as violent and sex offences, are currently bailed for more than 28 days The majority of rape cases are currently bailed for more than 28 days A high proportion of cases where computer interrogation was cited as the reason for bail were sexual offences, with an average bail length of 84 days, which may be difficult to reduce A high proportion of cases where phone downloads were cited as the reason for bail were drug offences, for which the average number of days bailed was 71. Details: Ryton-on-Dunsmore, UK: College of Policing, 2016. 68p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed November 7, 2016 at: http://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/Pre-charge-bail-report.aspx Year: 2016 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.college.police.uk/News/College-news/Pages/Pre-charge-bail-report.aspx Shelf Number: 149202 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionBailPolice Decision Making |
Author: Sampson, Robyn Title: Embodied borders : Biopolitics, knowledge mobilisation and alternatives to immigration detention. Summary: This thesis makes a contribution to the field of border studies through a detailed analysis of one form of contemporary bordering: alternatives to immigration detention. The dissertation establishes the nature and extent of alternatives to detention and uses these findings to engage with debates regarding the role of expert knowledge in policy making processes and the nature of the exception in the governance of borders. The thesis makes three main contributions to the field. Firstly, I undertook an international study of alternatives to detention, including in-depth field work in eight countries, in collaboration with the International Detention Coalition. I used this data to develop a new model on alternatives to detention called the Community Assessment and Placement model ("CAP model"). The CAP model has been presented to over 50 governments since publication in 2011. This provided the basis to analyse the contexts and mechanisms by which research contributes to the development of policy. While my work largely confirms the explanations offered by the theories of knowledge mobilisation and diffusion of innovations, I argue that the use of research for 'enlightenment' (or 'galvanisation') has been underestimated as an important precursor to substantive change in the area of migration policy. Finally, I engage with theories of exception to propose a new concept - embodied borders - to encapsulate the (re)location and (re)negotiation of state borders at the site of the migrant body. I argue bordering policies, while exclusionary, do not result in a homogenous form of exception produced by sovereign authority alone. Rather, bordering involves dynamic and responsive forms of differentiation being lawfully produced and enacted in specific contexts by multiple actors. The exceptional nature of contemporary borders is thus both confirmed and renegotiated to account for alternatives to detention that blend exclusionary and inclusionary mechanisms according to the individual and their case Details: Bundoora: La Trobe University, 2013. 576p. Source: Internet Resource: Dissertation: Accessed September 20, 2017 at: http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/latrobe:37795;jsessionid=8A3491FAA3B7F3ECB05C15F1BBD32B74 Year: 2013 Country: International URL: http://arrow.latrobe.edu.au:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/latrobe:37795;jsessionid=8A3491FAA3B7F3ECB05C15F1BBD32B74 Shelf Number: 147412 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionBorder Security Illegal Immigrants Immigrant Detention Immigration |
Author: Council of Europe. Parliamentary Assembly Title: A study of immigration detention practices and the use of alternatives to immigration detention of children Summary: In January 2015 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) joined the Global Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children. The Global Campaign was launched in 2012 as a joint initiative of the International Detention Coalition (IDC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR). The Parliamentary Campaign to End Immigration Detention of Children is intended to raise awareness of the situation that many children experience daily around the world and in some of the member states of the Council of Europe. The campaign's objective is to end the detention of migrant children in those Council of Europe member states in which this practice still persists and to support states in putting an end to this harmful practice. The need is not only to end this practice, but also to find and adopt valuable alternatives to detention in order to protect children and guarantee their fundamental rights at the time when their immigration status has not yet been resolved. In March 2015, the Assembly's Committee on Migration, Refugees and Displaced Persons appointed Ms Doris Fiala - Switzerland, ALDE1 - as General Rapporteur for the Parliamentary Campaign, in order to raise awareness of the issue and to attract the attention of parliamentarians of member states so they would take initiatives in their national parliaments to discuss and actively support the campaign. One of the specific objectives of the campaign is to raise awareness among parliaments and the general public on the issues and consequences of the immigration detention of children. Therefore, in the framework of the campaign, a study of qualitative and quantitative information about immigration detention practices and use of alternatives to immigration detention of children was launched. This study aims to develop an understanding of issues relating to immigration detention practices, and to promote the use of alternatives to immigration detention of children (ATDs). The geographical scope of the study is focused on member states of the Council of Europe which are not members of the The study primarily addresses the following issues: 1. The national provisions regulating immigration detention and alternatives to detention for children; 2. The national screening and assessment procedures for incoming migrants; 3. The national referral and support systems; 4. The existence and types of national community-based placement options; 5. The most recent nationwide statistics, examining in particular the existence of provisions criminalising irregular entry and/or presence, as well as the number of migrant children in detention, and the basis of that detention, disaggregated both on age and immigration status; 6. The existence of safeguards for family unity and prevention of family separation in any decisions on detention; 7. The detention conditions and the criteria applying to the detention of families/unaccompanied minor (UAM) children, in particular as regards the regime applied; and the existence of facilities specialised and equipped to cater for specific needs of different categories of children; 8. Access of migrant children to national services, including health, education and social protection/child protection systems and how these are provided to children in all facilities (specialised and non-specialised) used to hold children in immigration detention. Details: Paris: Council of Europe, 2017. 79p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed October 11, 2018 at: http://website-pace.net/documents/19863/3390925/2017-ImmigrationDetentionPracticesStudy-EN.pdf Year: 2017 Country: Europe URL: http://website-pace.net/documents/19863/3390925/2017-ImmigrationDetentionPracticesStudy-EN.pdf Shelf Number: 152904 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionIllegal Immigrants Immigrant Children Immigrant Detention Undocumented Children |
Author: Global Detention Project Title: Immigration Detention in Malta: "Betraying" European Values? Summary: Malta's heavy-handed response to irregular maritime arrivals-including refusing to allow rescue ships to dock and assisting Libyan authorities in intercepting asylum boats-has placed the country at the centre of a bitter EU-wide debate concerning search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean. This restrictive approach is also reflected in its detention policies. Despite having made important changes to its laws, including eliminating mandatory detention provisions, Malta continues to have controversial policies on summary detention and detention without specified time limits. KEY FINDINGS -- Legislative amendments in 2015 that ended mandatory detention have failed to prevent the automatic placement of some migrants and asylum seekers in detention. Safeguards against mandatory detention do not apply to immigration detainees who are apprehended "in connection with an irregular border crossing" and who have not subsequently obtained authorisation to stay in the country. Provisions limiting the permissible length of detention do not apply to persons excluded from the scope of the Return Regulations, and the Immigration Act does not specify a maximum length of detention for these persons. Detainees face barriers in challenging detention, including lack of access to knowledgeable legal representatives and poor access of interpretation services. Malta's policies concerning "alternatives to detention" appear to imply that non-custodial measures can be used for asylum seekers who would not otherwise be detained. Although not classified as an official detention centre, Malta's Initial Reception Centre has operated as a secure detention site since mid-2018. Details: Geneva: Author, 2019. 32p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 25, 2019 at: https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/immigration-detention-malta-betraying-european-values Year: 2019 Country: Malta URL: https://www.globaldetentionproject.org/immigration-detention-malta-betraying-european-values Shelf Number: 156625 Keywords: Alternatives to DetentionAsylum Seekers Illegal Immigrants Immigrant Detention Immigrants Immigration Enforcement Immigration Policy Refugees |