In 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder reported that as many as 1 in 5 elder Americans were victims of financial exploitation which is defined as the illegal use or appropriation of an elder citizen's resources. Importantly, this 1 in 5 figure does not capture the full extent of elder financial...

Purpose Much of what is known regarding the transition away from crime is limited to young adulthood and specific life events and samples of non-serious offenders comprised mainly of white males.Methods The current study assesses the potential links between educational achievement, post-release...

This article assesses the differences in educational deficiencies between a statewide sample of delinquent students and a matched sample of nondelinquent students. Employing a research design that controls for a series of relevant individual and school variables, the study’s findings...

This article describes two stages of the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program’s pre-, post-, and longitudinal evaluation research. Pilot studies were used to explore how to design statewide research of pre- and postassessment scores and community reintegration outcomes....

This article provides an overview of the history and context leading to Florida’s efforts to implement an evaluation-driven research and associated quality assurance system for its juvenile justice education policies and practices. The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program...

This article discusses the role of politics in the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program’s effort to use evaluation research data to inform Florida’s juvenile justice education policies and practices. Through consideration of the Juvenile Justice Education Enhancement...