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TPPF report encourages Ohio model for Texas juvie reformers

The Texas Public Policy Foundation has issued a new report, "Reclaiming Texas Youth: Applying lessons from RECLAIM Ohio to Texas" (written by two academics from the Center for Criminal Justice Research at the University of Cincinnati), which a senate staffer tells me is "similar to our proposal on TYC and TJPC."At first glance much of this looks quite reasonable, though I've not had a chance to read the document thoroughly. But my brief review also highlighted a nagging concern I've had about Texas' proposals: The success of shifting to local programs, measured in recidivism rates, said TPPF, depended entirely on the quality of programming offered to youth: "High quality programs had lower recidivism rates than programs of lesser quality."So key to enacting such a transformation while protecting public safety would be eliminating pockets of "lesser quality" programming, ensuring adequate quality control at county youth programs and private facilities with which they contract...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on March 27, 2009 (boomark / email).