@article{c2f48b6fbc8946488fe41aedc9616b51,
title = "Statewide Responses to a Proposed Realignment of Juvenile Corrections in Arizona",
abstract = "As states face shrinking budgets, new options for correctional supervision are being sought. One solution has been to shift the responsibility for custody from the state to county level through a process of realignment. The current article uses a case study methodology to examine proposed solutions and opinions of various stakeholders in juvenile justice following a 2010 announcement that the Department of Juvenile Corrections would be closed in Arizona. The findings show that the manner in which the realignment was proposed would have been a difficult model to adopt but that a well-planned and adequately funded reform would benefit juveniles and counties across Arizona.",
keywords = "juvenile corrections, prison, realignment, reform",
author = "Melanie Taylor and Scott Decker and Charles Katz",
note = "Funding Information: A more extreme example of correctional reform occurred from 2010 to 2011 in Arizona when Governor Jan Brewer proposed that state juvenile correctional facilities would be closed and delinquents would be sent back to their respective counties (). In contrast to previous realignments of juvenile justice systems in states like California and Michigan which only partially realigned (), state corrections for juveniles would be disbanded in Arizona. Because the state would no longer provide the financial support for juveniles, counties would have assumed both the financial responsibility and the physical custody of serious and violent delinquents. This decision raised an important issue regarding the role and responsibility of state government versus local government. This tension is an important issue in our case study. Ultimately, however, in 2011, it was announced that plans to close ADJC had ended. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015, {\textcopyright} 2015 Georgia State University.",
year = "2015",
month = dec,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1177/0734016815604023",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "40",
pages = "488--504",
journal = "Criminal Justice Review",
issn = "0734-0168",
publisher = "SAGE Publications Inc.",
number = "4",
}