- About the Office of Research and Data Integrity
Find out about the mission and purpose of the Office of Research and Data Integrity.
- Contacts
View the contact information for the Research staff and Data Integrity Officers.
- Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP)
Overview of the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP), a tool used to evaluate juvenile justice services and identify opportunities to improve program quality, effectiveness, and outcomes.
- Detention Risk Assessment Instrument
Information and resources related to the updated Detention Risk Assessment Instrument (DRAI), which took effect July 1, 2019.
- Reports and Data
Learn more about juvenile recidivism in Florida, current youth program performance, delinquency in schools, and DJJ's disposition matrix.
- Fast Facts
Access information presented by the Office of Research and Data Integrity and examine five year trends and conditions.
- Structured Decision-Making and the Disposition Matrix
Overview of DJJ’s Structured Decision-Making approach and disposition matrix, which use research, risk, and offense severity to guide consistent and appropriate supervision recommendations for youth.
- Data Integrity / JJIS
Data Integrity Officers ensure that data and information entered into the Juvenile Justice Information System (JJIS) is accurate throughout the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) Requests
Researchers may contact the IRB if they are interested in working with DJJ on a research effort. In order to protect the rights of the youth, the IRB carefully reviews each research proposal.
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Delinquency in Florida is on the decline. Floridians are less likely to be the victim of juvenile crime than at any other time since 1990. Juvenile delinquency has dropped across virtually all categories of offending, including serious and violent offenses.
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