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Date: May 2001
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Topic:
The
Effects of Youth Court on Volunteers
Question: Are any teen courts conducting
surveys/studies on the positive effects of teen court on youth
volunteers?
Responses from
Coordinators:
Colonie Youth Court
Violet Colydas
Coordinator
Public Safety Building
312 Wolf Road
Latham, NY 12110
Phone:
(518) 782-2638
Fax: (518) 786-7326
youthcrt@capital.net
I have some information she might be interested in. We have
completed an extensive survey and received responses from our
prior Colonie Youth Court Members from 5 training classes
(1994-1998). These responses from a 4 page survey reveal the
effects of their Youth Court experience. Please let me know if
you would like me to forward it to anyone.
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Barb Jacobson
Coordinator
Dakota County Attorney's Office
1560 Hwy 55
Hastings, MN 55033
Phone:
(651) 438-8368
Fax: (651) 438-4499
Barb.Jacobson@co.dakota.mn.us
I have sent out evaluations for parents and teens to complete as
well as evaluations for jury members. Did you want to know
specific answers given by all?
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Duncanville Teen Court
Olivia Harrington
Teen Court Coordinator
P.O. Box 380280
Duncanville, TX 75138-0280
Phone:
(972) 780-5063
Fax: (972) 780-6463
oharrington@ci.duncanville.tx.us
http://www.ci.duncanville.tx.us
I gave out a form with
TEN REASONS WHY I ENJOY VOLUNTEERING FOR TEEN COURT and received a lot of positive responses.
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Mikkel Anderson
Teen Court Coordinator
Teen Court Program
Community Action Program Region VII, Inc.
2105 Lee Avenue
Bismarck, ND 58504
Phone: (701) 258-2240
teencourt@teencourt.com
www.teencourt.com
We are located in Bismarck, ND and our program has evaluated the
Teen Court Youth Volunteers the past two years. We combined
resources with a local University to create survey questionaires
for parents and youth. We did get a very high return rate on all
questionaires.
The local University and our Teen Court staff sent out the
questionaires by mail with a postage paid envelope included. In
general, we found that youth volunteers reported an increase in
self-confidence and an awareness of being a better example to
those around them (since involvement in Teen Court).
For a condensed version of our statistics you can go to
www.teencourt.com and click on the "University of Mary
Evaluation Results" phrase on the start page/ first page.
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Jennifer Strutz
Youth Court Coordinator
362 N. Third Avenue
Stayton, OR 97383
jastrutz@aol.com
Phone: (503) 769-5749
Fax: (503) 769-7573
I do volunteer surveys at the end of each fiscal year. I am in
the process
of input on the data sheet. I won't be done until middle of June
with the
results.
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Johnson County Youth Court
Erin Schellhardt
Youth Court Coordinator
c/o Johnson County Court Services
1255 East 119th Street
Olathe, KS 66101
Phone:
(913) 324-6900
Fax: (913) 782-3297
erin.schellhardt@jocoks.com
We send out YC participant surveys after volunteers have been
with the
program for 3 months. The questions measure anything from how
Youth Court
has affected communication with peers to self-confidence and
problem-solving
capabilities. The survey also discusses the training sessions.
Responses
have been very positive and helpful.
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Mat-Su Youth Court
Lisa Abert-Konecky
Program Coordinator
290 East Herning Avenue
Wasilla, AK 99654
Phone:
(907) 373-9045
Fax: (907) 373-9075
msyc@ci.wasilla.ak.us
Mat-Su Youth Court keeps an alumni survey on hand that all
seniors fill out upon leaving
our program. Most of our seniors go on to college, and some let
us know how
they are doing, but we have not been formally tracking them.
Here are the
seven questions we ask them:
- What advice do you have for new students?
- How do you feel you benefited from Youth Court?
- Would you be interested in mentoring new students, if you had
available time?
- Are you planning on going to college? If so, where, and what
is your
planned area of study?
- Did you receive any scholarships toward college? If so,
please list
whom you received them from, and do you think being in Youth
Court helpedyou receive any of your awards?
- What Youth Court class did you graduate from?
- Do you have any suggestions on ways of improving the Youth
Court
program?
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Bonnie Schaaf, Coordinator
Michigan City Teen Court
Youth Service Bureau of LaPorte County
803 Franklin Street
Michigan City, IN 46360
Phone: (219) 879-5151
ysbmcbs@adsnet.com
We do volunteer evaluations quarterly, taking them to hearings
for all volunteers present that night to fill out. The
evaluations ask their gender, grade, age; how many years in TC;
roles in TC; do TC volunteers take their roles seriously; how
often do TC jurors determine fair and appropriate sentences; do
trainings adequately prepare you for your job as a TC volunteer;
since being involved in TC, are you more aware of the negative
consequences of inappropriate behavior; would you encourage
others to become a TC volunteer; would you recommend TC to a
friend in trouble; has TC made a difference in your life; has
your experience as a TC volunteer affected your attitudes and/or
behavior in the following areas? check all that apply: school,
home life, illegal drug use; what suggestions do you have to
stop offenses by young people in our community. We also do
annual evaluations of defendants and parents of defendants by
mail, enclosing SASE. We also have evaluations for judges and
probation officers.
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