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ight combination of services and sanctions, in the right place at the right time. Key reformpackage elements include: Diversion: The expansion of civil citation and other innovativediversion practices will stem the flow of first-time misdemeanant youth into the system.Historically, Florida has spent millions of dollars on interventions for low-risk youth who wouldprobably never re-offend. Detention Reform: Statewide detention reform, including thedevelopment of real alternatives to detention, will fuel continued reductions in unnecessary andinappropriate detention. Reduced detention over the past several years has allowed DJJ to closehundreds of beds, yielding a cost-savings of more than $25 million. Right-Sizing ResidentialCare: The past several years have also revealed significant inefficiencies at the deep-end ofFlorida’s juvenile justice system, with far too many low-risk youth confined in expensiveresidential institutions. They consume scarce resources that could instead be invested incommunity-based sanctions that hold youth accountable, protect public safety, create jobs andpromote healthy futures for children. Community-based sanctions are more effective at reducingjuvenile crime and cost much less than correctional institutions.82. Intellectual DisabilitiesResearch on Freedom Restrictions: Quality GuidelinesVivianne Dorenberg, VU University - Medical Centre & Free University - Faculty of Law(v.dorenberg@vumc.nl)In recent years there have been several research programs to guide care providers in workingwith the legal framework for psychiatric care and the care for people with intellectual disability.Mostly, the focus is on creating quality guidelines to reduce restrictive measures. Incollaboration with the Free University (medical centre) and the University of Tilburg, theHogeschool Leiden is currently doing research on restrictive measures in the care for youngpeople with mild intellectual disorders (MID). Young people with MID represent a difficultgroup of clients. They have an increased risk for all kinds of problems, from psychiatric to severebehavioral problems. This makes aggression and therefore the need for restrictive measures verycommon among these clients. But the variety of the problems also indicates multidisciplinarycare, possibly in more than one care sector, which means that care providers are confronted witha wide range of laws and regulations. The first part of the research project (September 2011 -April 2013) showed that care providers experience difficulties with the legal framework.Therefore, the project set out a number of quality guidelines to raise awareness and to helpreduce (the need for) restrictive measures. The presentation will focus on these guidelines.Low IQ and Risk Measurement: The Use of Instruments for Risk Taxation in theMentally RetardedRonald Visser, Klinisch Psycholoog, Amsterdam, Netherlands (ronald.visser@sheerenloo.nl)199