NCJ Number
85460
Journal
Annual Journal Volume: 4 Dated: (1981) Pages: 20-33
Date Published
1981
Length
14 pages
Annotation
Pretrial practitioners are well aware that a program concept that is well thought-out, philosophically and legally sound and apparently risk free is not always assured a chance to prove its worth in practice.
Abstract
Even when buttressed with sound research experience, good ideas often give way to political trade-offs when scarce resources must be allocated. But research can impact on those decisions, the author of this article suggests. She examines the apparent effect that research has had on the survival, and in fact expansion of juvenile pretrial diversion in the state of Colorado over the past seven years, and points out how research, when perceived as an agent for change, can be a strong weapon in the fight for continued survival of worthwhile programs. (Publisher abstract)