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	NCJ Number:		NCJ 251132
	Title:		Hawaii's Act 201: Comprehensive Reform Implementation Successes
	URL(s):		PDF
	Corporate Author:		Crime and Justice Institute United States of America
	Date Published:		2017
	Page Count:		1
	Annotation:		This report summarizes the provisions of Hawaii’s juvenile justice reform legislation (Act 201), the technical assistance provided to implement these provisions, and outcomes from the legislation’s implementation.
	Abstract:		Act 201 intends to reduce court referrals of youth, improve probation for justice-involved youth, and target community-based programs. In reducing court referrals for youth, Act 201 codifies diversion and informal adjustment policies for youth, particularly those who commit status offenses. Probation is improved by developing the Behavioral Intervention and Support System and a graduated response system for probation. The legislation also prohibits youth adjudicated on misdemeanor offenses from being placed in a custodial facility. Community-based programming is targeted by the adoption of a statewide risk and needs assessment for all adjudicated youth and the collection and reporting of data on performance measures so as to monitor outcomes. Technical assistance for the implementation of Act 201 policies has included the training of all juvenile justice personnel in the principles of effective intervention and the training of probation officers in effective case management and in graduated responses and earned discharge. Other technical assistance involved the development of the informed guide to risk assessment and a process for collecting and reporting outcome measures. Outcomes from the implementation of the legislative reforms were a significant decline in court referrals, a 62-percent decline in youth confinement, a 50-percent decline in youth probation, and a 30-percent decline in juvenile court filings. There was a $1.26 million upfront investment in new community-based interventions and the adoption of an effective risk-assessment tool for matching youth to appropriate programs.
	Main Term(s):		Juvenile justice reform
	Index Term(s):		Juvenile court diversion ; State laws ; Cost effectiveness analysis ; Community-based corrections (juvenile) ; Technical assistance plans ; Alternatives to institutionalization ; Juvenile Corrections/Detention effectiveness ; OJJDP grant-related documents ; Hawaiian Islands ; OJJDP Resources
	Sponsoring Agency:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice United States of America
	Grant Number:		2014-ZB-BX-K011
	Sale Source:		Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention US Dept of Justice 810 Seventh Street NW Washington, DC 20531 United States of America
	Type:		Program Description (Demonstrative) ; Report (Technical Assistance) ; Factsheet ; Report (Grant Sponsored) ; Legislation/Policy Description
	Country:		United States of America
	Language:		English
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