The Juvenile Probation Program application intends to provide an outcome based analysis of youth referred to the Texas juvenile probation program. The app enables users to review time series trends of outcomes related to probation, detention, placements, and geographies associated with the program segmented by by various demographic features.
A key component to the app is to track sequences of youth as they proceed through the system as seen with the following sunburst chart produced using D3 JavaScript for beautiful, interactive graphics:
Another key component to the app is to explore various situations and outcomes. In the tool below, a user can assign a variety of inputs and outcomes to understand the overall probability and trends segmented by user inputs:
The app supports a wide variety of stakeholders including program managers, school officials, local law enforcement, and other interested parties The Texas Policy Lab provides this app to support their efforts to inform the policy debate with data driven decision making and economic analysis. I continue to provide support to the lab in developing change requests and supporting general IT issues.
-Ryan Morton
