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NCJ Number: 255053 Find in a Library
Title: At-Risk Youth in Schools: A Wraparound Delinquency Prevention Program Produces Disappointing Results
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Date Published: August 2020
Annotation: This article discusses the results of a school performance and at-risk youth behavior program piloted in Palm Beach, Florida.
Abstract: This pilot initiative in the Palm Beach County school district — the School Safety and Student Performance Program — is based on the belief that improving school safety requires closer attention to justice-involved youth. The program was designed to identify ways to discourage delinquency and encourage academic success among at-risk youth without being punitive. Another goal was to improve the overall safety of the school setting. To measure the program’s impact against its ambitious goals and implementation plan, a research team led by Florida State University, working with the Palm Beach schools, performed a three-part assessment featuring a rigorous randomized controlled trial. The study, sponsored by the National Institute of Justice, measured program effects at the student and school levels and assessed how well the program’s implementation matched the plan. The study found that the Palm Beach schools intervention was “well-grounded in theory and research on adolescent behavior,” but overall the evaluation concluded “There were no consistent beneficial or adverse effects of the intervention on either student or school outcomes.”
Main Term(s): Juvenile delinquency prevention programs
Index Term(s): Adolescents at risk; Florida; Juvenile delinquency prevention; Juvenile Risk Factors; National Institute of Justice (NIJ); NIJ Resources; School delinquency programs; School-Based Programs
Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
Washington, DC 20531
Corporate Author: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
US Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
United States of America
Sale Source: National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
US Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
United States of America
Page Count: 6
Format: Article
Type: Program/Project Description; Program/Project Evaluation; Report (Study/Research); Report (Technical Assistance); Research (Applied/Empirical)
Language: English
Country: United States of America
Note: The research described in this article was funded by NIJ grant 2014-CK-BX-0018, awarded to Florida State University. The article is based on the report “The Palm Beach County School Safety and Student Performance Partnership Project: Final Research Report” (2019), D. Mears (Principal Investigator), S. Siennick (Principal Investigator), G. Pesta, A. Montes, S. Brown, and N. Collier. The team also produced a companion report, “The Causal Logic Model of the Palm Beach County School Safety and Student Performance Program.”
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