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The Evaluation of Juvenile Day Reporting Centers in Christian, Peoria, and Winnebago Counties: Phase II
Co-principal Investigators: Pinky Wassenberg and Laura Dorman

In August 2000, The Center for Legal Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield was awarded a grant by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority to conduct an impact analysis evaluation of Juvenile Day Reporting Centers in Christian, Peoria and Winnebago Counties. This award is a follow-up to a previous process evaluation completed by Center staff on these programs two years earlier. There are two phases to this evaluation. Phase I involves the collection of information relating to individuals who directly affect the potential impact or outcome of such programs -- the justice system, the participants, the project staff, and the treatment providers. The extent to which parents and school personnel participate in the youths' program also is considered. During Phase II, all collected data will be used to determine the effects of each program on various system level, program level, and participant level dimensions. A comparison group will be selected from the general probation population; members will be comparable to program participants on various key demographic, social history, and criminal history variables.