Document Type

Report

Publication Date

6-2013

Abstract

This report summarizes the data for four groups of youth involved with the Department of Juvenile Services (DJS) between the years of 2006 and 2011. The four groups are as follows:

• Diverted Youth: These youth have been referred to the juvenile justice system but then formally diverted by a Juvenile Community Corrections Officer (JCCO). Diversions include sole sanctions, no further actions, and informal adjustments. Youth who are successfully diverted do not continue on through the juvenile justice system. They may, however, be placed back into the justice system should diversion be determined ineffective.

• Supervised Youth: These youth have had formal charges brought against them, been found delinquent in a juvenile court, and placed under DJS supervision (either in the community or in a facility).

• Committed Youth: These youth have had formal charges brought against them, been found delinquent in a juvenile court, and placed in a secure juvenile facility.

• Discharged Youth: These youth have had formal charges brought against them, been found delinquent in a juvenile court, placed under DJS supervision (either in the community or in a facility), and then released.

This report includes analysis of youth demographics, offense class and type, Youth Level of Service/Case Management Inventory (YLS‐CMI) completion rates and risk levels, recidivism rates and county‐level data. The time component of recidivism is different for each group (please see individual report sections), but recidivism for all groups is defined in terms of whether an adjudicated youth is re‐adjudicated (as a juvenile) or convicted (as an adult) for an offense committed past the time point indicated for the particular group.

This report contains separate analyses for each of the four groups as well as an overview section.

Comments

This report is available on the Maine Statistical Analysis Center Website at: http://muskie.usm.maine.edu/justiceresearch

Funding Provided by the Maine Department of Corrections, Division of Juvenile Services.

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