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Alternatives to the Secure Detention and Confinement of Juvenile Offenders

This report promotes reducing the courts reliance on detention and confinement through administrative reforms and special program initiatives informed by an objective assessment of a youths risk level (p. 1). Sections cover: the need for alternatives to secure detention and confinement; expanding the use of alternatives to secure detention confinement through systems change; objective classification and risk assessment -- the process and common attributes of classification and risk assessment systems; special program initiatives -- examples of alternatives to secure detention and secure confinement; and common characteristics of promising and effective program initiatives. Copies of sample forms include: Cook County Juvenile Probation Department Risk Assessment Instrument Adapted from Annie E. Casey Foundation; Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Detention Assessment Instrument; Louisiana Office of Juvenile Services Secure Custody Screening Document; Indiana Juvenile Corrections Placement Matrix; Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Custody Assessment System -- Initial Assessment; Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Custody Assessment System--Reassessment; Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice Housing Assignment Matrix; and the Juvenile Probation and Aftercare Sample Risk Assessment Instrument. Accession Number: 020862

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