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Cahill, Meagan; Hayeslip, David – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2010
This bulletin draws on findings from an independent evaluation, conducted by the Urban Institute, of the Gang Reduction Program's (GRP) Impact in Los Angeles, California; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; North Miami Beach, Florida; and Richmond, Virginia, to examine how effectively these sites implemented the program. Following are some of the authors' key…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Crime, Delinquency Prevention, Prevention
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Lane, Jodi; Lanza-Kaduce, Lonn – Evaluation Review, 2007
In 2003, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) provided Florida's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) with a $3.5 million grant to design and implement a faith- and community-based program for incarcerated juveniles. Florida's experience developing a completely new program has provided valuable lessons regarding…
Descriptors: Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention, Pilot Projects, Background
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Chester, Deborah R.; Tracy, Jessamyn A.; Earp, Emily; Chauhan, Reetu – Evaluation Review, 2002
Presents preliminary evaluation findings from Florida's Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program that explore the relationships between educational program quality and program characteristics. Several program characteristics are found to be related to measurements of educational program quality, including proportion of teachers who are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Correlation, Educational Policy
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Blomberg, Thomas G.; Waldo, Gordon P. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Provides an overview and a context leading to Florida's efforts to implement an evaluation-driven research and associated quality assurance system for its juvenile justice education policies and practices. The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program described began implementing Florida's evaluation research and quality assurance system in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Major, Aline K.; Chester, Deborah R.; McEntire, Ranee; Waldo, Gordon P.; Blomberg, Thomas G. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Describes two stages of the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's pre-, post-, and longitudinal evaluation research and reports on the pilot studies used to explore how to design statewide research on pre- and post-assessment scores and community reintegration outcomes. Findings suggest that higher performing programs produce greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Winokur, Kristin Parsons; Li, Spencer; McEntire, Ranee – Evaluation Review, 2002
Discusses the evaluation of juvenile justice education through Florida's Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program as it involves the integration of multiple data sources. Examines the methodological, political, and bureaucratic obstacles encountered in the development of this evaluation system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Blomberg, Thomas G.; Waldo, Gordon P. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Examines the role of politics in the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's effort to use evaluation research data to inform Florida's juvenile justice education policies and practices. Two examples illustrate that by maintaining an overriding commitment to its evaluation research purpose, the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Pesta, George; Respress, Trinetia; Major, Aline K.; Arazan, Christine; Coxe, Terry – Evaluation Review, 2002
Describes the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's implementation of an evaluation research-driven quality assurance process for Florida's juvenile justice educational programs. Reviews the literature on juvenile justice educational practices and describes the educational quality assurance standards and annual modifications that draw…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
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Walters, Wansley; Dembo, Richard; Beaulaurier, Richard; Cocozza, Joseph; De La Rosa, Mario; Poythress, Norman; Skowyra, Kathy; Veysey, Bonita M. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
The Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center National Demonstration Project (NDP) is serving as a national model for the transformation of front end services in the juvenile justice system in a unique sociocultural setting.We discuss the background and vision of the NDP, its implementation and accomplishments in six major program areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Juvenile Justice