Table of Contents

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Juvenile Justice Policy and Program Performance in the States

HAWAII-Painting a Portrait of Juvenile Robbery

ARIZONA-Assessing Juvenile Gang Activity

NEBRASKA-Portraying Juvenile Crime over Time

MASSACHUSETTS- Evaluating Cops and Kids

NEW MEXICO-Mixing Juveniles with Adults

KANSAS-Projecting the Number of Juveniles in Adult Prisons

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Acknowledgments

This report was written by Michael Connelly, JRSA’s Director of Special Projects, with assistance from Stan Orchowsky, JRSA’s Research Director.3

The following SAC directors and offices oversaw and produced the reports which were used as the basis for this report: Paul Perrone, Research & Statistics Branch, Crime Prevention & Justice Assistance Division, Hawaii Department of the Attorney General; Jerry Hardt, Criminal Justice Records Division, Arizona Criminal Justice Commission; Michael Overton, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; Diana Brensilber, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety; Gary LaFree, New Mexico Criminal Justice Statistical Analysis Center; and Carla Campbell, Kansas Statistical Analysis Center and Kansas Sentencing Commission.

Thanks also to Grant Monitor Paul White and to BJS Director Jan Chaiken for their support and suggestions for this report.

Joan C. Weiss

Executive Director

 

 

This report was supported by Grant No. 97-BJ-CX-K005 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.