| Indicator ID | J2 |
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| Indicator full statement | # children and youth in contact with the law (all categories: suspects, offenders, victims, witnesses) who benefitted from adapted reintegration processes (reintegrative service package inclusive of legal services, and/or education, and/or MHPSS, and /or case management). |
Purpose
| Importance | This indicator aims to measure Tdh effort in providing children in contact with the law specialized services that are conducive to their reintegration at different levels: individual (e.g. lack of re-offending, recidivism, personal healing), family (e.g. back to a family who understands and supports the child and addresses the conditions which led the child to be in contact with the law) and community (e.g. social acceptance and belonging without stigmatization). |
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| Related services | Catalogue of services: awareness raising and information, case management, legal services, MHPSS, education, vocation training, income generating activities. |
Definition
Reintegration process for children in contact with the law: as per Tdh definition, reintegration aims at re-establishing the roots/sense of belonging and a place in society for children who have or still are in contact with the law, so that they feel part of, and accepted by the community, supported by their families caregivers and healed at the individual level. It shall include a set of tailor-made interventions and services and multidisciplinary coordination among justice and social professionals. Reintegration is not just about rehabilitation, nor only about aftercare and it is not definitively a stand-alone service, but a whole coordinated and ad hoc process focusing on the circumstances and needs of each child.
Reintegrative service package: inclusive of legal services, and/or education, and/or MHPSS, and /or case management. It is not exhaustive but focuses on the interventions/services that Tdh has the expertise to provide. However, interventions/services depend on the needs of the case. A child might need the full package or only one service to support their reintegration process.
How to collect & analyse the data
| What do we count? | Tdh counts individuals. Children who have received specialized service/s within their reintegration process. |
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| How to calculate the indicator's value | The sum of individuals who have received at least one specialized service/s within their reintegration process. |
| Data sources | Case management records, justice/professional record sheets of child service users. |
| Data collection methods and tools | Document review. |
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Limitations and precautions
This indicator is at output level, it measures the delivery of a service. It does not measure whether a reintegration process was successful, which would require longer time and more in-depth inquiry to prove that successful reintegration criteria are met.
Reintegration applies to children in conflict with the law including when they are still in the justice process, or detention, etc. Reintegration is a process that does not start when the justice process/outcome has been finalized but as soon as possible once the child is apprehended by the police or other justice actors. This applies as well to child victims and child witnesses.
Be mindful to avoid double counting: we are counting children who received a service or various services within their reintegration plan. Avoid counting the same child twice or more if she/he/they receive more than one service.
While the indicator counts individuals, proceeding systematically with a quality/satisfaction check with the child service users is advisable, to verify that the services provided were suitable and support the reintegration of the child.
What further analysis are we interested in?
What are the interventions/services that support better the reintegration of children in contact with the law? (per type of child in contact with the law and attending to several intersectional factors such as age, gender, socio-economic background, ethnic/religion, etc.)
Are children involved in their reintegration plan when deciding which interventions/services they need/want the most? And their families?
How do justice and social professionals work together to organize the set of structured interventions/services for the reintegration of children in contact with the law?
Additional guidance
Model of Action Reintegrative Case Management for Children & Youth in Conflict with the Law | Terre des hommes (tdh.org) Includes reintegration standards, ‘successful reintegration’ criteria, and tools to support measurement of the quality of services as conducive to the reintegration of children in contact with the law.
A2J MENA Reintegration of Children in Conflict with the Law “Give me a chance, but a real one”.