1. Evidence-Based Programs What Every Sentencing Judge Needs to Know
THANK YOU FOR INVITATION
THANKS FOR ROLE JUDGES PLAY
THANK LEW DAVIS FOR SEEKING ME OUT
MY BACKGROUND AT RAND
POLICE
PROSECUTORS
SENTENCING
JUVENILE JUSTICEW
CAREER CRIMINALS
THREE STRIKES
EBP FOR JUVENILES
What we will cover
What are the benefits of EBP?
How reliable are those benefits?
How are EBPs different?
Dr. Peter Greenwood
Alliance of California Judges
Judicial Education Conference,
October 7 –

2. Two Methods of Identifying EBPs
Clinical Trials
Blueprints
Crime Solutions
NREPP
Meta-Analysis
Prof. Lipsey
Prof. Latessa
WSIPP
Advantages of each
Proven Models
Training from developer
Model
Implementation
Quality Assurance
CQI
Generic Models
No need to change programs
Modest improvement

3. Washington State Institute for Public Policy
“WSIPP’s mission is to carry out practical, non-partisan research—at legislative direction—on issues of importance to Washington State.”
Prison, Police, and Programs: Evidence-Based Options that Reduce Crime and Save Money

4. Reducing crime
Saving money
Changing lives
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5. EBP in Juvenile Justice
Based on models that have been rigorously evaluated & proven effective
Cover full range of child development
Many pay for themselves several times over
Before Blueprints all we had were unproven ideas
Private vs Public
Aftercare
Intensive Supervision
Wilderness Challenge
Boot Camps
DARE
Scared Straight

6. Top Rated Program Models: (Blueprints & WSIPP)
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC)
Life Skills Training (LST)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Aggression Replacement Training (ART)
Top 4 are ones of most interest to juvenile justice and best monitored.
Top 3 are usually probation programs.
NFP is usually Public Health
Need to emphasize importance of team structure. This is why we count teams in measuring avaiability.
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Advancing Evidence Based Practice

7. Advancing Evidence Based Practice
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8. EBPs for Young Adult Reentry (per WSIPP) 1
Risk Need & Responsivity supervision (high and moderate risk offenders) $3.79
Case management: swift & certain sanctions for drug offenders $3.20
Work release $10.08
Intensive supervision (surveillance & treatment) $1.59
Outpatient/non-intensive drug treatment (community) $6.05
Inpatient/intensive outpatient drug treatment (community) $1.38
Case management: not swift and certain for substance abusing offenders $0.62
Offender Re-entry Community Safety Program (dangerously mentally ill) $1.76
FFT (juveniles in institutions) $11.20

9. Implementing an EBP Review programing needs/client characteristics
Select an appropriate EBP
Planning
Staffing
Training
Pilot
Take to scale
Issues for Louisiana Judges
One size does not fit all
New EBP is unlikely to produce outcomes like those cited in the literature for first 2 years
Ask for local performance measures to assess results and support sustainability
Brief targeted interventions work and produce incredible results
Judges frustrate by layers of bureaucracy that keep being added to Medicaid

10. Key Steps in Implementing EBPs Statewide
Structured involvement of all key stakeholders
Development of local expertise
Pilot testing of new evidence-based programs
Creation of Information Resource Center
List of EBPs to be supported by state
Special funding for designated EBPs
TA to counties re needs assessment, program selection and implementation
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key stakeholders
Law Enforcement
Parole
Prosecutor
Mental Health
Community Based Providers
Anybody left out can gum up the works.
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Advancing Evidence Based Practice

11. How to classify states ? Helping it happen Letting it happen Making it
Difference between helping & making it happen are enormous
CT has more than 10 teams per million population
CA and FL each have less than 2 s
Letting it
happen

12. Crime, Budget & Treatment per Capita in CA Counties