Modeled on a similar program developed in San Diego, the Anchorage Coordinated Agency Network (CANS) project was initiated in Spring 1999. The objective of CANS is to increase the level of supervision juvenile probationers received by one-to-one assignment of an Anchorage Police Department patrol officer to each juvenile probationer. The officer is expected to make at least two unnannounced contacts with his or her probationer per month. Under the program, the level of supervision of juvenile probationers -- currently included in caseloads of 110 to 130 probationaers per juvenile probation officer -- will dramatically increase. Anchorage CANS differs from the San Diego program in that it is being applied to the supervised caseload, whereas the San Diego program focuses on the less serious unsupervised caseload; and Anchorage CANS involves the random assignment of juvenile probationers to treatment and control groups.

Under this project, Anchorage CANS will be evaluated for program success, correrelates of success (and failure), and a cursory assessment of the impact on crime of the Anchorage CANS project.

Reports

Giblin, Matthew J. (2 Oct 2000). Evaluation of the Anchorage Coordinated Agency Network (CANS) Program. Report prepared for the Anchorage Police Department and the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Articles

Giblin, Matthew J. (Fall 2000). "Anchorage CANS Program." Alaska Justice Forum 17(3): 1, 4-8.