Juvenile Justice Cost Offsets / Washington State Institute of Public Policy

Washington State Institute for Public Policy Benefit-Cost Results The WSIPP benefit-cost analysis examines, on an apples-to-apples basis, the monetary value of programs or policies to determine whether the benefits from the program exceed its costs. WSIPP’s research approach to identifying evidence-based programs and policies has three main steps. First, we determine “what works” (and what does not work) to improve outcomes using a statistical technique called meta-analysis. Second, we calculate whether the benefits of a program exceed its costs. Third, we estimate the risk of investing in a program by testing the sensitivity of our results. For more detail on our methods, see our Technical Documentation. Current estimates replace old estimates. Numbers will change over time as a result of model inputs and monetization methods. Juvenile Justice Date of Benefits minus costs (net present value) $56,830 $36,027 $34,418 $24,313 $21,103 $18,179 $14,190 $12,026 $11,261 $10,770 $9,530 $9,321 $8,877 $8,858 $7,961 $6,834 $6,716 $6,161 $5,404 $4,999 $3,887 $2,966 $2,853 $2,833 $2,399 ($545) ($1,102) ($2,389) ($12,162) ($6,227) ($3,325) ($8,941) ($4,488) ($10,128) Chance benefits will exceed costs 93 % 96 % 100 % 96 % 93 % 75 % 94 % 92 % 92 % 95 % 97 % 64 % 96 % 81 % 98 % 58 % 76 % 76 % 63 % 66 % 52 % 62 % 94 % 76 % 56 % 49 % 39 % 48 % 40 % 41 % 0% Program name Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for youth in the juvenile justice system Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for youth in state institutions Education and Employment Training (EET, King County) Functional Family Therapy (FFT) for youth on probation Parenting with Love and Limits Functional Family Parole Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) Boot camps Other family-based therapies (non-name brand) Wilderness experience programs Adolescent Diversion Project Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care Coordination of Services Mentoring Diversion, no services (vs. traditional juvenile court processing) Teaching-Family Model Intensive supervision (parole) Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for juveniles convicted of sex offenses Aggression Replacement Training (ART) for youth in state institutions Multisystemic Therapy (MST) for juveniles with substance use disorder Aggression Replacement Training (ART) for youth on probation Diversion with services (vs. traditional juvenile court processing) Victim offender mediation Therapeutic communities for juveniles with substance use disorder Vocational and employment training Diversion with services (vs. simple release) Other substance use disorder treatment for juveniles (non- therapeutic communities) Family Integrated Transitions for youth in state institutions Drug court Intensive supervision (probation) benefits taxpayer benefits Costs ($2,187) ($3,530) ($877) ($3,531) ($2,848) ($3,530) ($402) $2,910 ($1,844) ($6,570) $982 ($10,972) ($427) ($3,356) $1,099 ($22,766) ($2,195) ($7,973) ($9,056) ($1,631) ($7,964) ($1,632) $585 ($626) ($4,794) ($1,999) ($880) last literature review Jun. 2017 Jul. 2017 Dec. 2015 Jul. 2017 Jun. 2017 Jun. 2017 Dec. 2014 Apr. 2018 Sep. 2015 Sep. 2015 Jul. 2015 Jul. 2017 Sep. 2015 Jun. 2014 Jul. 2015 Jun. 2015 Sep. 2015 Aug. 2017 Aug. 2017 Jun. 2017 Aug. 2017 Jun. 2017 Jul. 2015 Apr. 2012 Aug. 2017 Jun. 2017 Jul. 2015 Aug. 2017 Dec. 2014 Jul. 2014 Sep. 2015 Total benefits $59,017 $39,557 $35,295 $27,844 $23,951 $21,709 $14,592 $9,116 $13,105 $17,340 $8,548 $20,293 $9,303 $12,215 $6,861 $29,600 $8,911 $14,134 $14,459 $6,631 $11,851 $4,598 $2,269 $3,459 $7,193 $1,453 ($222) ($90) $5,936 ($5,616) ($5,640) Taxpayer Non- Benefit to cost ratio $26.99 $11.21 $40.25 $7.89 $8.41 $6.15 $36.31 n/a $7.11 $2.64 n/a $1.85 $21.80 $3.64 n/a $1.30 $4.06 $1.77 $1.60 $4.06 $1.49 $2.82 n/a $5.52 $1.50 $0.73 ($0.25) ($0.04) $0.49 ($1.69) ($1.26) $12,239 $46,779 $8,399 $31,158 $8,846 $26,449 $7,022 $20,822 $6,169 $17,782 $4,951 $16,758 $3,597 $10,995 $1,662 $7,454 $3,226 $9,879 $5,724 $11,616 $2,153 $6,395 $5,083 $15,210 $2,645 $6,658 $3,918 $8,297 $1,714 $5,148 $8,040 $21,560 $2,116 $6,795 $3,876 $10,258 $3,823 $10,636 $1,508 $5,122 $3,657 $8,193 $1,279 $3,320 $538 $1,731 $1,078 $2,381 $1,830 $5,363 ($1,475) $2,929 $60 ($283) $413 ($502) ($2,479) $2,440 ($664) ($826) $3,495 ($4,952) ($4,813)  Program name Date of last literature review Total benefits Taxpayer benefits Non- taxpayer benefits Costs Benefits minus costs (net present value) Benefit to cost ratio Chance benefits will exceed costs Scared Straight May. 2015 ($10,033) ($2,773) ($7,260) ($108) ($10,141) ($92.81) 2% Other treatment for juveniles convicted of sex offenses (non-MST) Aug. 2017 ($18,570) ($2,868) ($15,702) ($9,536) ($28,106) ($1.95) 15 % Other Juvenile Justice topics reviewed: Program name Date of last literature review Notes Other group home programs (non-name brand) Jun. 2015 Click for meta-analytic results Team Child Mar. 2017 Click for meta-analytic results Connections Wraparound Jan. 2013 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for substance use disorder: Integrated treatment model Jun. 2017 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Electronic monitoring Sep. 2015 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Group homes (Boys Town) Sep. 2015 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Group homes (Sanctuary Model) Jun. 2015 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Group homes (Stop-Gap model) Jun. 2015 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Jan. 2014 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Step Up May. 2015 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. You Are Not Your Past Jan. 2013 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Youth Advocate Programs—Mentoring Aug. 2018 No rigorous evaluation measuring outcome of interest. Teen Courts Oct. 2006 See previous WSIPP publication for past findings. 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