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Author: Fratello, Jennifer

Title: Juvenile Detention Reform in New York City: Measuring Risk through Research

Summary: The January 2006 closure of New York City’s only alternative to juvenile detention brought the city close to a crisis: family court lost its only alternative pretrial supervision option and the population in local detention facilities was at its highest in three years. This situation also presented an opportunity for the city’s juvenile justice system to take stock of how and when it was using detention — equivalent to jail in the adult context — for youth facing delinquency charges. The Office of the Criminal Justice Coordinator in conjunction with a variety of agencies and entities involved with the juvenile justice system seized this occasion to explore new methods for responding to young people awaiting sentencing that would be more effective at producing positive outcomes for youth and enhancing public safety. They embarked upon a two-phase reform process, with assistance from the Vera Institute of Justice. First, they conducted a research study and designed an empirically based risk-assessment instrument (RAI) measuring the likelihood that a youth would fail to appear in court or be rearrested during the pendency of his/her case. The tool would be used to help inform family court judges’ decisions about pretrial detention for juveniles. Second, the group planned a variety of community-based alternatives to detention (ATDs) for young people who did not require secure confinement and could be supervised and better served in their own communities. This report examines the development of both the RAI and the alternatives to detention and presents preliminary outcomes of the reforms.

Details: New York: Vera Institute of Justice, Center on Youth Justice, 2011. 17p.

Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 19, 2011 at: http://www.jdaihelpdesk.org/Docs/Documents/RAI%20Report%20Vera.pdf

Year: 2011

Country: United States

URL: http://www.jdaihelpdesk.org/Docs/Documents/RAI%20Report%20Vera.pdf

Shelf Number: 122116

Keywords:
Alternative to Incarceration
Community-based Corrections
Juvenile Detention (New York City)
Juvenile Justice Reform
Juvenile Offenders
Risk Assessment, Juveniles