FIGHT CRIME: INVEST IN KIDS Presentation by Tompkins County Youth Services

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FIGHT CRIMEINVEST IN KIDS
Presentation by Tompkins County Youth Services
Sheriffs DepartmentJanuary 4, 2005
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Fight Crime Invest in Kids
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4 Point Violence Prevention Plan
Fight Crime
Invest in Kids
Law Enforcement Leaders and
Victims of Violence Support the

• Child abuse and neglect prevention programs
  including home visitation for parents at risk of
  maltreating their babies.
• Early educational child care including
  Pre-Kindergarten
• After-school programs to shut down the prime time
  for juvenile crime.
• Interventions for troubled kids who have started
  down the wrong track.

School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan
THE PLAN WOULD ASSURE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
ACCESS TO
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Not the Electric Chair
We need to start fighting crime in the high
chair, not the electric
chair.
Police Chief George Sweat, Winston-Salem North
Carolina.
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Plan Point 1 Child Abuse Neglect
Fight Crime
Invest in Kids
Law Enforcement Leaders and
Victims of Violence Support the

• Abuse and neglect increase crime
• Most abused youth do NOT commit crimes however,
• Being abused nearly doubles the risk of being
  arrested for violent crime by 18
• Maltreated children also more likely to face
  other problems
• The more serious the abuse, the more likely
  juveniles were to commit more crimes

School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan
THE PLAN WOULD ASSURE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
ACCESS TO
1. Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Programs
Including Home Visitation for Parents at Risk
of Maltreating Their Babies.
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Abuse Neglect Increases Crime
Abuse Neglect Increase Crime
Non-Abused Children
Abused Children
ARRESTS FOR A VIOLENT CRIME BY AGE 18
Source Widom, C.S., Avoidance of Criminality in
Abused and Neglected Children, Psychiatry, v. 54,
1991
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Brain Scan Slide
3 Year Old Children
Extreme Neglect
Normal
These images are from studies conducted by a team
of researchers from the ChildTrauma Academy in
Houston, Texas led by Bruce D. Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
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Parent Coaching Services Prevent Abuse
Home Visits to Families of Newborns Prevent
Child Abuse
Nurse Family Partnership Source Olds, D.,
Henderson, C., Tatelbaum, R., and Chamberlin, R.,
Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect a randomized
trial of nurse visitation, Pediatrics, (1986)
vol. 78, pp. 65-78.
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Home Visits Prevent Criminal Behavior
Home Visits Prevent Criminal Behavior
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Nurse Family Partnership Home Visit Recipients
Those Left Out of the Home Visit Program
ARRESTS PER 100 KIDS BY AGE 15
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Source Olds (1996) and Olds (JAMA, 1997) in
Karoly, L.A. et al. Investing In Our Children,
(Santa Monica CA Rand 1998).
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Plan Point 2 Early Child Care
Fight Crime
Invest in Kids
Law Enforcement Leaders and
Victims of Violence Support the
School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan

• THE PLAN WOULD ASSURE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  ACCESS TO
• Child abuse and neglect prevention programs
  including home visitation for parents at risk of
  maltreating their babies.
• 2. Early educational child care including
  Pre-Kindergarten.

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Chicago Child-Parent Center Study
Unserved Children 70 More Likely to be Arrested
for Violent Crime
Child-Parent Center Children
Similar Children Who Did Not Attend a
Child-Parent Center
CHILDREN ARRESTED FOR VIOLENT CRIME BY AGE 18
Reynolds, A.J., et al., Long-term Effects of an
Early Childhood Intervention on Educational
Achievement and Juvenile Arrest A 15-Year
Follow-up of Low-Income Children in Public
Schools, JAMA, v. 285, num. 18, May 9, 2001
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Preschool Program Save Money
Preschool Program Saves Money
Over 148,000 In Crime Costs Prevented Per
Participant
High/Scope Perry Preschool Source Lawrence J.
Schweinhart, Helen V. Barnes, and David P.
Weikert, Significant benefits The High / Scope
Perry Preschool Study Through Age 27
(Ypsilanti, MI High
Scope Press, 1993)
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Plan Point 3 After-School
Fight Crime
Invest in Kids
Law Enforcement Leaders and
Victims of Violence Support the
School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan

• THE PLAN WOULD ASSURE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  ACCESS TO
• Child abuse and neglect prevention programs
  including home visitation for parents at
  risk of maltreating their babies.
• Early educational child care including
  Pre-Kindergarten.
• After-school programs to shut down the prime time
  for juvenile crime.

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Prime Time for Juvenile Crime
Violent Juvenile Crime Soars When the School
Bell Rings
Source Sickmund M., Snyder H.N., Poe-Yamagata
E., Juvenile Offenders and Victims 1997 Update
on Violence, National Center for Juvenile
Justice, (Washington, DC Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention) which was
based on data compiled by the F.B.I.s National
Incident-Based Reporting System.
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Quantum Opportunities Study
Quality After-School Programs Prevent Crime
Quantum Opportunities Intensive
After-School Program

• Boys who did not participate in the 4 year
  program
• Had 6 times more convictions 2 years after the
  program ended
• Were 4 times more likely to be without a high
  school diploma
• Were 50 more likely to become teen parents

Lattimore, C.B., et al., The Quantum
Opportunities Program, in ed. Elliott, D.S.,
Blueprints for Violence Prevention, Center for
the Study and Prevention of Violence Prevention,
Denver, 1998.
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After-School A Wise Investment
After-school Programs A Wise Investment
1 spent
3 in benefits

Source Lattimore, C.B., et al. The Quantum
Opportunities Program, in Elliot, D.S.,
Blueprints for Violence Prevention, Book 4 of a
series, Center for the Study and Prevention of
Violence, Boulder CO, 1998.
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Plan Point 4 Troubled Kids
Fight Crime
Invest in Kids
Law Enforcement Leaders and
Victims of Violence Support the
School and Youth Violence Prevention Plan

• THE PLAN WOULD ASSURE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
  ACCESS TO
• Child abuse and neglect prevention programs
  including home visitation for parents at risk of
  maltreating their babies.
• 2. Early educational child care including
  Pre-Kindergarten.
• After-school programs to shut down the prime time
  for juvenile crime.
• Interventions for troubled kids who have started
  down the wrong track.

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Multi-Systemic Therapy
Intensive Programs Prevent Further Crime
Comparing Re-arrest Rates
Simpsonville, SC Project analysis
Henggeler, S.W. et al (1993) Family Preservation
using multisystemic treatment Long-term
follow-up to a clinical trial with serious
juvenile offenders Journall of Child and Family
Studies, 2, 283-293.
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Comparative Costs
Comparative Costs
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Chiefs Poll What Is Most Effective?
Strategies chosen by chiefs as most effective for
reducing youth violence
Provide more after-school programs and
educational child care programs
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Hire more police officers to investigate
juvenile crimes
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Prosecute more juveniles as adults
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Install more metal detectors and Surveillance
cameras in schools
Conducted by George Mason University Professors
Stephen D. Mastrofski, Director of the
Administration of Justice Program, and Scott
Keeter, Chair of the Department of Public and
International Affairs.
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What does this mean for Tompkins County?

• Prevention law enforcement less crime less
  cost
• Proven programs get results save
• Maintain increase our investment in effective
  programs

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For more information...

• County Youth Services
• www.tompkins-co.org/youth
• 607-274-5310
• Fight Crime Invest in Kids
• www.fightcrime.org