Table of Contents

Title Page

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Juvenile Justice Policy and Problems, Policies, 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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Bringing Data to Criminal Justice Policymaking: Statistical Analysis Centers and Issues in Criminal Justice

Juvenile Justice Problems, Policies, and Program
Performance in the States

 

A Report on the Development of Data Systems For Policy Formulation and Program Evaluation by the Statistical Analysis Center in Arizona, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Nebraska, and New Mexico

Prepared under the State Justice Statistics Program of the Bureau of Justice Statistics

Justice Research and Statistics Association

September 1999