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Evaluation Issues Confronting Juvenile Justice Sentencing Reforms: A Case Study of Texas

Many states currently are implementing "get tough" sentencing reforms in juvenile justice. Surprisingly, however, little attention has been given to evaluation issues identified by the adult justice sentencing literature as critical to assessments of efficacy. Analysis of one recent juvenile justice sentencing reform in Texas—determinate sentencing—provides an opportunity to highlight such issues and to demonstrate their relevance to assessment of other states' juvenile justice sentencing reforms. This article identifies the failure to attend adequately to design, implementation, use, and assessment issues, including identification of potential unintended effects, as barriers to effective evaluation of these reforms.

Crime & Delinquency, Vol. 44, No. 3, 443-463 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/0011128798044003007


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