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Article: A failure of good intentions: an analysis of juvenile justice reform in San Francisco during the 1990s.
- Article from:
- The Review of Policy Research
- Article date:
- January 1, 2004
- Author:
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In 1996, the City of San Francisco initiated a major effort to implement juvenile justice reform. With an unprecedented infusion of more than $20 million in state and federal money, an array of new prevention and diversion programs was funded that primarily targeted first-time and nonserious offenders. These programs included home-based supervision and day treatment services for first-time or nonserious offenders. One of the central elements included the establishment of a new, decentralized intake system to assess and refer youths to community-based services as well as to reduce unnecessary detention (San Francisco Juvenile Justice Comprehensive Action Plan, 1994). ...