Can financial incentives reduce juvenile confinement levels? An evaluation of the Redeploy Illinois program

Gaylene S. Armstrong, Todd A. Armstrong, Vince J. Webb and Cassandra A. Atkin

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2011, vol. 39, issue 2, 183-191

Abstract: Assessments of ongoing fiscal restructuring of juvenile justice system processes and the impact such restructuring has on juvenile incarceration rates are limited. When impacts of fiscal restructuring efforts have been assessed, researchers have focused on systemic, macro level changes in incarceration rates but avoided more focused, micro level impacts. This study fills this knowledge gap by examining the recent implementation of the Redeploy Illinois program in two pilot sites. In the Redeploy Illinois program, financial incentives were provided to select counties to develop community based alternatives to incarceration. The goal was to alleviate over reliance on state funded residential facilities for evaluation and confinement purposes.

Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2011.01.007

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