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Diverting Children from a Life of Crime. Measuring Costs and Benefits by Greenwood, Peter W, Model, Karyn E, Chiesa, James, Rydell, C. Peter

“…This report assesses the cost effectiveness of several crime prevention strategies that involve early intervention in the lives of people at risk of pursuing a…”
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Implementing and Sustaining Evidence-Based Practice in Juvenile Justice: A Case Study of a Rural State by Rocque, Michael, Welsh, Brandon C., Greenwood, Peter W., King, Erica

“…US juvenile justice is at the forefront of experimentation with the evidence-based paradigm, whereby the best available research is utilized to help inform…”
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Making It Happen: State Progress in Implementing Evidence-Based Programs for Delinquent Youth by Welsh, Brandon C., Greenwood, Peter W.

“…This article explores the progress that state governments across the country are making in implementing the three most widely used evidence-based programs…”
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Translating research into evidence-based practice in juvenile justice: brand-name programs, meta-analysis, and key issues by Welsh, Brandon C., Rocque, Michael, Greenwood, Peter W.

“…Objectives To investigate the utility of two main approaches for translating research into evidence-based practice in juvenile justice: (a) brand-name programs…”
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Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles by Tita, George, Riley, K. Jack, Ridgeway, Greg, Grammich, Clifford A, Abrahamse, Allan

“…To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los…”
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New Standards for Demonstrating Program Effectiveness by Greenwood, Peter W.

“…The Prosecutor's Early Intervention Program (PEIP), which was developed by The Family Service Division of the District Attorney's Office in Louisiana's 16th…”
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Cost-Effective Violence Prevention through Targeted Family Interventions by GREENWOOD, PETER W.

“…: Efforts in violence prevention can focus on individual youth, their families, their schools, or the communities in which they live. Among the small number of…”
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Overview of: "Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Delinquency Prevention at the State Level: Principles, Progress, and Policy Directions" by Greenwood, Peter W., Welsh, Brandon C.

“…Research Summary Evidence‐based practice in the field of delinquency prevention has come a long way in the last 15 years in the United States. This progress…”
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Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Delinquency Prevention at the State Level by Greenwood, Peter W., Welsh, Brandon C.

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Promoting Evidence-Based Practice in Delinquency Prevention at the State Level: Principles, Progress, and Policy Directions by GREENWOOD, Peter W, WELSH, Brandon C

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Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know about the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions by Karoly, Lynn A, Greenwood, Peter W, Everingham, Susan S, Hoube, Jill, Kilburn, M. Rebecca, Rydell, C. Peter, Sanders, Matthew, Chiesa, James

“…This study quantified the benefits to children and parents participating in nine early intervention programs and conducted a cost-benefit analysis of the Perry…”
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Prevention and Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders by Greenwood, Peter

“…Over the past decade researchers have identified intervention strategies and program models that reduce delinquency and promote pro-social development…”
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An Evaluation of the Federal Government’s Violent Offender Incarceration and Truth-in-Sentencing Incentive Grants by Turner, Susan, Greenwood, Peter W., Fain, Terry, Chiesa, James R.

“…The 1994 Crime Act authorized $10 billion through fiscal year 2000 to help states expand prison space for violent offenders, provided states had…”
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Alternative Placements for Juvenile Offenders: Results from the Evaluation of the Nokomis Challenge Program by DESCHENES, ELIZABETH PIPER, GREENWOOD, PETER W.

“…The Nokomis Challenge Program, an innovative correctional program for low- and medium-risk delinquents, was implemented by the Michigan Department of Social…”
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Investing in Prisons or Prevention: The State Policy Makers' Dilemma by Greenwood, Peter W.

“…Developing crime prevention programs is a viable alternative to spending increasingly larger amounts of money on prisons and other correctional services, but…”
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EVALUATION OF THE PAINT CREEK YOUTH CENTER: A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR SERIOUS DELINQUENTS by GREENWOOD, PETER W., RAND, SUSAN TURNER

“…A classic experimental design was used to determine whether youths assigned to a small experimental program, designed to offer a comprehensive and highly…”
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Maricopa County's Drug Court: An Innovative Program for First-time Drug Offenders on Probation by Deschenes, Elizabeth Piper, Greenwood, Peter W.

“…The nationwide drug court movement represents one of the most recent innovations in our criminal justice system aimed at decreasing the number of druginvolved…”
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New Standards for Demonstrating Program Effectiveness : EARLY INTERVENTION BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT by GREENWOOD, Peter W

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Substance Abuse Problems among High-Risk Youth and Potential Interventions by Greenwood, Peter W.

“…Although drug use among teenagers has declined significantly over the past decade, adolescents raised in impoverished urban communities continue to be at high…”
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Private presentence reports for serious juvenile offenders: Implementation issues and impacts by Greenwood, Peter W., Turner, Susan, RAND

“…A classic experimental design was used to determine the impact of a private agency's efforts to develop and present alternative sentencing recommendations for…”
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