A Decade of Youthful Offender Supervision Bill Berg Zach Nothwehr Melissa Monahan

Learning Objectives Identify 3 different strategies utilized for the youthful offender population Explore success rates when compared with similar populations

Definitions Transferred Youth-an individual who was under age 18 at the time of sentencing and was either transferred or direct filed into the adult court system Youthful Offender-an individual between ages 18-20 and who was sentenced after age 18, even though the crime may have occurred before 18.

The transferred youth team Judicial Officer Probation Officer Defense Attorney Clinical Coordinator Client

What do you know? Kahoot survey

Pre-Project Safe (2008-2010) JTOP court once a month Probationers would improve the week before court, but relapse soon after Limited accountability Few sanctions

Project Safe (2011-2015) Modeled after Hawaii’s HOPE program Swift Accountable Fair Effective Focused on quick turn around for violations, court held every day, problem solve on the fly

Current Program 2 Judges with set court days Sanctions, incentives, and therapeutic responses Clinical Coordinator to assess treatment needs

Strategies Risk reduction and cognitive training Clinical assessment for treatment needs Swift sanctions Accountability

AOC funding Drug testing is paid for Funding available for transferred youth treatment Piggy backs off of juvenile court contracts Individual counseling Residential treatment Group Homes Group Treatment

Barriers Drug testing locations Lack of services Size of county

Client Incentives Gift cards for positive behavior Early termination from probation Community service credit Expungement/set aside

Success Rates JTOP/Youthful offender is considered standard probation Handout shows differences between standard/JTOP/IPS