NCJ Number
192857
Journal
Crime and Delinquency Volume: 48 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2002 Pages: 116-137
Date Published
January 2002
Length
22 pages
Annotation
This evaluation focuses on the Anchorage Coordinated Agency Network (CAN) program, which aimed to enhance the supervision and services provided to juvenile probationers in Anchorage, AK.
Abstract
The program combined the capacities of the Anchorage Police Department and the Anchorage Office of Juvenile Probation to enhance the overall levels of supervision that juvenile probation received. Random assignment of probationers for the evaluation took place before the CAN program began in 1999. The analysis compared 91 program participants with a control group of 64 youths. Results of the evaluation were consistent with research from intensive supervision literature. Juveniles participating in CAN were more likely to have new technical violations than were juveniles on regular probation in that 30 percent of CAN juveniles and 17 percent of control group members had new technical violations, but they were no more likely to have new charges. Findings supported intensive supervision probation literature and suggested that increased supervision and surveillance lead to increased levels of probation violations. The analysis concluded that although juveniles in CAN were more likely to have technical violations, the increased supervision also enhanced the level of accountability for a juvenile’s actions. Tables, notes, and 19 references (Author abstract modified)