Current News
Join us at the annual American Society of Criminology Meetings in November 2016!
We will have two Panels on Wednesday 11/16/16 that focus on our
SPEP work in the U.S. and Australia:
9:30-10:50am: SPEP & Improving Juvenile Justice Outcomes (Grand Ballroom A, 1st level)
11:00-12:20pm: SPEP & The Road to Reform (Grand Salon 19, 1st level)
See you in New Orleans!
Congratulations to the Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice
training class of SPEP specialists

(August 2016)
Useful video summary of meta-analysis and it was used to
develop the SPEP Process
Click to visit “Using meta-analysis to improve the effectiveness of youth justice.”
Dr. Gabrielle Lynn Chapman, Queensland, Australia (May 2016)
A video summarizing how SPEP fits into the larger
Juvenile Justice Reform Process
Click to visit “The foundations of an evidence-based youth justice system.”
Dr. Mark W. Lipsey, Queensland, Australia (May 2016)
Welcome to our Queensland SPEPers!

First SPEP training class in Australia (June 2016)
Three new SPEP trainers in Milwaukee!

Pictured: Kelly Pethke, De Shell Parker, Melissa Graham (October 2015)
CONGRATULATIONS to the first class of SPEP trainers!

Pictured: Nicole Mattern, Tracey Davies, Jeff Gregro, Gabrielle Chapman, Heather Perry, Shawn Peck, Lisa Freese Not Pictured: Maureen Raquet
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