RESEARCH and DATA COLLECTION
Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court and Peer Jury
Global Youth Justice, Inc.
A Record 1,800+ Adult and Youth Volunteer-Driven Youth Court, Teen Court, Student Court, Peer Court and Peer Jury Diversion Programs are now Operational in 48 USA States, District of Columbia, 25+ Tribes, 10 Countries on 5-Continents, with Local Communities in the USA already making them the most replicated Juvenile Justice Program in USA since the 1st Juvenile Court in 1899 in Cook County, Illinois. These youth justice and juvenile justice diversion programs harness positive peer pressure and utilize it in a peer judgment setting to help address the anti-social, delinquent, and/or criminal behavior of youthful offenders.
The ‘peer judgment’ and ‘positive peer pressure’ aspects of these programs are the two (2) primary programmatic elements which separate these youth justice and juvenile justice voluntary diversion programs from all of the others. MORE favorable Research Results and LOW operational costs of these Teen/Youth/Student/Peer Court programs are influencing the continued rapid local grass-roots expansion of these authentic juvenile justice and youth justice diversion programs on a global level. Below are the primary research reports on these unique diversion programs.
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Reports
1st Recidivism Research Report
Funded by State Justice Institute
Administered by Maryland Administrative Office of the Courts
Baltimore City Teen Court
Result: 2.5 times less likely to recidivate.
Charles County Teen Court
Result: 6 times less likely to recidivate.
Montgomery County Teen Court
Result: 4 times less likely to recidivate.
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2nd Recidivism Report and Data Collection
Funded by United States Department of Justice
Administered by The Urban Institute
ALASKA
Anchorage Youth Court
Recidivism Rate: ONLY 6%
ARIZONA
Maricopa County Teen Court
Recidivism Rate: ONLY 9%
MARYLAND
Montgomery County Teen Court
Recidivism Rate: ONLY 8%
MISSOURI
Independence Youth Court
Recidivism Rate: ONLY 9%
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3rd Research and Data Collection Report
Funded by United States Department of Justice
Administered by George Washington University
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4th Research Report — Randomized Control Trial (Released 2020)
A group Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of School-Based Teen Court Diversion Programs to Address the School to Prison Pipeline, Reduce Aggression and Violence, and Enhance School Safety in Junior and High Schools — has been completed and resulted in more positive finding supporting the expansion of Youth/Teen/Student/Peer Court and Peer Jury Diversion Programs — this time in Schools. Funded by the United States Department of Justice (National Institute of Justice) and released in 2020.
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National Data Collection Key Findings
129,540 Juvenile Referrals Made Annually
116,144 Juvenile Referrals Accepted Annually
111,868 Juveniles Proceeded with Hearings
97,578 Juveniles Completed the Program
133,832 Youth and Adult Volunteers Annually
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Research Reports
Salt Lake Peer Court
Alaska Youth Courts
Alaska_Youth_Courts_Evaluation
Youth Court District of Columbia
Washington_DC_s_Time_Dollar_Youth_Court
Livingston County Youth Court
Livingston_County_Youth_Court_Evaluation
San Diego Teen Court
San_Diego_Teen_Court_Evaluation
Kent County Teen Court
Kent_County_Teen_Court_-_Delaware
Monongalia Teen Court
Vermilion County Peer Court
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