Juvenile Justice - Results Summary

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Juvenile Justice
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The Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) contributes to the department's mission by holding juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior, promoting the safety and restoration of victims and communities, and assisting offenders and their families in developing skills to prevent crime.

End Result A: The ability to hold juvenile offenders accountable for their behavior is improved.

	The defined recidivism rate for juveniles released from secure treatment in FY07 and followed up in FY09 was 45.1%.
	The defined recidivism rate for the probation population was 30.28%, a percentage similar to that identified in the previous two years.
	The number of juvenile referrals (reports of juvenile offenses from law enforcement) made to the Division of Juvenile Justice declined 13.7% between FY08 and FY09 and declined 17.7% between FY07 and FY09.
	The proportion of juveniles with at least one offense (a criminal charge in a report from law enforcement alleging a juvenile perpetrator) diverted from the formal court process matched the goal of 70%.
	The amount of restitution paid by juvenile offenders by the time their division supervision ended remained high in FY09, with $36,178.04 (93%) paid by juveniles out of $38,882.84 requested.
	The percentage of hours of community work service completed by juveniles in FY09 remained relatively consistent with that noted in previous years, with 17,052 hours of community work service completed (75.8%) out of the 22,502 hours ordered through a court process or juvenile probation officers in informal, non-court processes.

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