Measuring What Really Matters in Juvenile Justice (2006)

Abstract

This monograph presents a case for utilizing a system of performance outcomes and measures for juvenile justice systems developed by a partnership between the American Prosecutors Research Institute (APRI), the Balanced and Restorative Justice Project (BARJ) (Community Justice Institute, Florida Atlantic University), and the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ). Funding was provided by a congressional earmark administered by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP).These partners collaborated in the Performance Measures for the Juvenile Justice System, National Demonstration Project to create a “report card” system of measuring performance in juvenile justice.1 This “report card’ system is documented in a companion monograph: Guide to Developing and Implementing Performance Measures for the Juvenile Justice System (Harp, Bell, Bazemore and Thomas, 2006). (palabras claves: ministerio público, justicia juvenil)