@article{ref1,
title="Barron County restorative justice programs: a partnership model for balancing community and government resources for juvenile justice services",
journal="Journal of juvenile justice",
year="2011",
author="Lewis, Ted Gordon",
volume="1",
number="1",
pages="17-32",
abstract="Since its inception in 1999, Barron County Restorative Justice Programs (BCRJP), in partnership with government-based agencies in Barron County, Wisconsin, has demonstrated the benefits of integrating greater community-based services with juvenile justice systems. An overview of BCRJP programming shows how its wide array of services enriches the county's capacity to provide comprehensive services. With 12 years of strong partnerships and positive outcome data, a symbiotic relationship between BCRJP and its referral partners is a positive example of a balanced integration of community resources with justice systems. BCRJP has resulted in a number of benefits, including the following: crime and recidivism have declined; higher-level interventions have been reduced, as demonstrated by an increase in the number of diversionary referrals; the county has saved on related costs with an average cost of $378 per offender; and youth offenders have been reintegrated into the community, exemplified by the post-sanction volunteerism of Restorative Teen Court. The effectiveness of BCRJP interventions are aligned with the recommendations of the Georgetown University study, Improving the Effectiveness of Juvenile Justice Programs (Lipsey, Howell, Kelly, Chapman, & Carver, 2010).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2153-8026",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}