Unintended Outcomes for Teen in Travis Co. Diversion Program

Unintended outcomes for teen in Travis Co. diversion program

If you need help, the National Domestic Violence Hotline is available 24/7 at 800-799-7233 AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A program meant to rehabilitate certain teens who get arrested in Travis County did not work as intended for one of the participants. We are not identifying the teen because he is a minor, but he has given both KXAN and his attorneys with the Juvenile Public Defender's Office permission to share his story. PREVIOUS: ‘Invaluable’: Givi…

Unintended consequences: When policy backfires in unforeseen ways

Evidence on VoxDev has shed light on many examples of unintended consequences in economics. What have we learned from when things go wrong?