What is Juvenile Crime Prevention (JCP)?
Crime costs our state millions of dollars each year in property losses, lost productivity, medical expenses and public program costs. Experience and research have identified effective ways of preventing juvenile crime and helping youth become productive members of their community. The Oregon Progress Board’s 2005 Benchmark Performance Report shows that Oregon’s juvenile arrest rate has declined substantially since 1999. A Juvenile Crime Prevention Program Evaluation 2003 Final Report of JCP services and programs describes positive results for youth participants. Only four percent of non-offender youth participating in JCP Prevention programs through community providers committed criminal offenses in the 12 months following their program participation. The 2003 JCP evaluation (see page 8) found that youth offenders participating in JCP programs had a lower rate of offending than the statewide population of youth offenders. Their new offenses were also less serious and less frequent comp
