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Implementing "Corrections of Place" Ideas

The Perspective of Clients and Staff

University of Florida, jlane{at}crim.ufl.edu

Susan Turner

University of California, Irvine

Terry Fain

RAND Corporation

Amber Sehgal

RAND Corporation

Restorative justice has recently become popular among practitioners, but there have been few rigorous evaluations of programs. For approximately 5 years, Ventura County, California, probation staff and other local organizations worked together on the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP), a juvenile probation program designed to implement Clear’s "corrections of place" (COP) ideas. The program is evaluated using a randomized experimental design and the results of surveys with youth clients, staff, and the youths’ caregivers regarding the effectiveness of the SOCP in reaching COP-related goals are reported. Results reflect that there were few differences between SOCP clients and routine probationers’ perceptions of their experiences. SOCP staff members were significantly more likely to believe they were reaching COP goals than were routine probation officers. Caregivers believed the SOCP was more helpful than routine probation.

Key Words: juvenile probation • restorative justice • corrections of place • experiment

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