7. Pathways to Juvenile Detention Reform: By The Numbers—The Role of Data and Information in Detention Reform

Busch, Deborah

Annie E. Casey Foundation

1999

This report distinguishes between gathering and using data for planning and assessment and developing information systems that support daily operations. It focuses on how smaller interim steps can provide significant benefits quickly and relatively inexpensively. It summarizes lessons from the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative and describes how others can get started.

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