@article{ref1,
title="A practical approach to evaluating and improving juvenile justice programs",
journal="Juvenile and family court journal",
year="2004",
author="Howell, J. C. and Lipsey, M. W.",
volume="55",
number="1",
pages="35-48",
abstract="For more than a decade, the juvenile justice field-in the United States has been dominated by the seventh &quot;moral panic&quot; over juvenile delinquency. This panic led to an overreaction to juvenile delinquency by legislators and juvenile justice officials. The main consequence is a &quot;crisis of overload&quot; in many state and local juvenile justice systems across the country. Tools are available to help juvenile courts effectively manage the overload of court clients. Most important, a new method has been developed for evaluating existing programs against research-based standards that have been synthesized from juvenile justice program evaluations. This tool enables states and localities to take a practical approach to improving juvenile justice system programs.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0161-7109",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}