Found 135 matches.
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How to Use Mapping Transformative Schools: Tip Sheet
Tags: General System Reform | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Restorative Justice | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Tips for using NJJN's Policy Platform Mapping Transformative Schools: From Punishment to Promise. Includes communications messaging guide.
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Mapping Transformative Schools: From Punishment to Promise
Tags: General System Reform | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Restorative Justice | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Mapping Transformative Schools: From Punishment to Promise. In this latest policy platform from NJJN, we outline the importance of transforming schools into cultures of opportunity and away from cultures of surveillance and punishment.
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Redesigning Justice: Our Youth Action Agenda
Tags: Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Redesigning Justice: Our Youth Action Agenda captures NJJN young justice leaders' blueprint for justice.
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YJAM: Youth Action Agenda Infographic
Tags: Federal | NJJN Publications
As part of Youth Justice Action Month in 2022, NJJN convened young justice leaders--fourteen leaders from across the country, aged 17-29, who have direct understanding of our nation’s youth legal system. Drawing on their knowledge of the legal system, the young leaders developed the following youth justice action agenda to be presented to federal policymakers, including Liz Ryan, Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, and the Biden administration.
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Making Safety Sacred: Messaging Toolkit for Police-Free Schools
Tags: NJJN Publications
A VPSA (Values, Problem, Solution, Action) messaging framework for youth justice advocates to elevate the value of sacred safety for all. Further, we provide talking points supporting police-free schools and responses to the opposition.
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Mental Health-to-Incarceration Pipeline - Infographic
Tags: Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Advocacy | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Helping children find a path to success means providing the needed mental health support. In too many communities, failures in our public health systems and schools means the youth legal system becomes the default mental health provider.
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2021 Youth Policy Advances
Tags: General System Reform | NJJN Publications
Digest of youth justice policy advances passed across the country in 2021.
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Podcast Episode 3: Edin Madrid Talks About His Journey To Advocacy
Tags: California | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Edin Madrid with NJJN member The Anti-Recidivism Coalition tells the story of his life before incarceration, and what ultimately led him to the path he’s on now, the things he’s learned about the justice system from his mentors both in and outside it, and his passion for the work that needs to be done to give young people a more fair opportunity.
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Respect Youth Stories: A Toolkit for Advocates to Ethically Engage in Youth Justice Storytelling
Tags: Advocacy | NJJN Publications | Member Publications | Partner Publications
It is critically important to establish an ethical approach to advocacy storytelling so that young people are not exploited or re-harmed in the process of sharing their experiences. "Respect Their Stories" is a toolkit that outlines how young people want advocacy organizations to ethically engage in youth justice storytelling.
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2021 NJJN Policy Platform - Keep Children with Mental Health Challenges out of the Youth Legal System
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | General System Reform | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
NJJN's 2021 Policy Platform provides recommendations to keep children with mental health challenges out of the youth legal system.
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5 Tips for Telling the Story with Nuance, Balance and Dignity for Youth
Tags: Anti-Racism | Media | NJJN Publications
Five tips for journalists to avoid stereotyping youth and creating more context to the stories involving youth in the legal system. This tip sheet is part of NJJN's "Covering the Youth Justice Beat" media education series.
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Fact Sheet Federal Priorities for Youth Justice Action Month
Tags: Federal | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Fact Sheet Federal Priorities for Youth Justice Action Month
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NJJN's Vision of Justice
Tags: General System Reform | Advocacy | Anti-Racism | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
One-page look at the vision of justice for young people the National Juvenile Justice Network is committed to bringing to life, including fully resourcing communities, investing in youth, dismantling racism, implementing accountability for youth that relies on helping youth learn from their mistakes not carceral punishment.
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End Kindergarten Courts - Raising the Minimum Age Infographic PDF
Tags: Brain and Adolescent Development | General System Reform | International and Human Rights | NJJN Publications
In 28 states 4, 5, and 6 year olds can be arrested and sent to court because states don't have age limits on when a child can be arrested or prosecuted in court for misbehavior. In 2019, 36,691 10 to 12 year- olds were arrested and 2,550 youth under 10 were arrested. Research shows this is a failed approach. NJJN urges states to pass laws to ensure no child under 14 can be sent to court.
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End Kindergarten Courts - Raising the Minimum Age Infographic PNG
Tags: Brain and Adolescent Development | General System Reform | International and Human Rights | NJJN Publications
In 28 states 4, 5, and 6 year olds can be arrested and sent to court because states don't have age limits on when a child can be arrested or prosecuted in court for misbehavior. In 2019, 36,691 10 to 12 year- olds were arrested and 2,550 youth under 10 were arrested. Research shows this is a failed approach. NJJN urges states to pass laws to ensure no child under 14 can be sent to court.
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Radical Self-Care Primer
Tags: Advocacy | Anti-Racism | NJJN Publications
The National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) is committed to fostering a culture of wellbeing, which requires unpacking internalized capitalism and white supremacy to build organizations rooted in healing. While much of the conversation around self-care centers on personal practices and coping skills, NJJN is focused on steps organizations can take to create cultures that support their employees as they seek to transform systems. A key aspect of making this shift is learning how white supremacy culture directly undermines self-care and assessing organizational self-care practices within the Network to ensure advocates are supported in caring for their health and wellbeing.
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Shut Down Sequel: Progress Report
Tags: Alabama | California | Michigan | Minnesota | Ohio | Oregon | Utah | Deinstitutionalization | Institutional Conditions | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Privatization | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
Shut Down Sequel Progress Report, outlining progress made in our efforts to shut down Sequel facilities and advocate for systemic reforms. NJJN repeats its call for states to end ties with Sequel, but compel states to go further in implementing protections for kids by: 1) ending the use of for-profit facilities for youth, 2) banning the use of restraint, and 3) bringing youth home, prioritizing community-based care over harmful congregate care settings.
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2020 Youth Policy Advances
Tags: Advocacy | NJJN Publications
This past year was also challenging in that COVID-19 related restrictions led many state legislatures to end their sessions early. In spite of this adversity, our membership community of 60 state-based organizations, Youth Justice Leadership Institute fellows and alumni, allies, and national partners across 42 states and D.C. continued to fight fiercely for youth and were able to realize many gains in 2020 and lay the groundwork for further advances in 2021.
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Advances Tip Sheet
Tags: Advocacy | NJJN Publications
How to use NJJN's annual policy update "Advances."
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NJJN Toolkit: Lower Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction
Tags: Federal | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | NJJN Publications
NJJN's updated Lower Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction Toolkit, in which you will find resources to help you in your efforts to establish or raise your state’s minimum age for prosecuting children, including our 2020 policy platform, talking points, sample fact sheets from NJJN members, and links to additional resources.
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Raise the Minimum Age for Trying Children in Juvenile Court
Tags: Federal | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | NJJN Publications
NJJN calls on the states to ensure that all our children have the protection of a reasonable minimum age of prosecution when in conflict with the law, a human right included in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The most common minimum age internationally is 14, which is consistent with scientific evidence on brain development and with the minimum age recommended by the CRC.
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The Promise of Racial Impact Statements_NJJNOctober2020
Tags: Iowa | Advocacy | Anti-Racism | NJJN Publications
The research study of Iowa's Minority Impact Statements was conducted by the Community Empowerment Law Project at The University of Iowa College of Law Legal Clinic by original report authors Tristan Gahn, Bryan Porter, and Anthony Dopp. Note that this report is deeply informed by the writings of Tristan Gahn, Bryan Porter, and Anthony Dopp, with edits from Nanyamka Shakura and Jeree Thomas of NJJN's Racial Justice Working Group, NJJN Staff, and NJJN 2020 Summer Interns.
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NJJN FINAL_Defund Police, Invest in Youth_June2020
Tags: NJJN Publications
NJJN FINAL_Defund Police, Invest in Youth_June2020
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Advances Communications Tip Sheet
Tags: NJJN Publications
Advances_Ways-to-Use-the-Document, tip sheet 6.2020
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Staying Vigilant to Protect Marginalized Youth
Tags: Federal | NJJN Publications
FEDERAL POLICY PRIORITIES, 116th congress, Staying Vigilant to Protect Marginalized Youth
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Infographic-ReducingYouthArrests_January2020
Tags: Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | NJJN Publications
NJJN recommends that localities prioritize the development and adequate resourcing of arrest prevention and pre-arrest diversion policies to reduce the overall number of youth—as well as the overrepresentation of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and LGBTQ/gender nonconforming youth—from entering the justice system.
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PNG Infographic-ReducingYouthArrests_January2020
Tags: Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | NJJN Publications
NJJN recommends that localities prioritize the development and adequate resourcing of arrest prevention and pre-arrest diversion policies to reduce the overall number of youth—as well as the overrepresentation of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and LGBTQ/gender nonconforming youth—from entering the justice system.
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Reducing Youth Arrests: Prevention and Pre-Arrest Diversion January 2020
Tags: Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | NJJN Publications
NJJN recommends that localities prioritize the development and adequate resourcing of arrest prevention and pre-arrest diversion policies to reduce the overall number of youth - as well as the overrepresentation of youth of color, youth with disabilities, and LGBTQ/gender nonconforming youth - from entering the justice system.
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Federal Policy Priorities 2019 116th Congress
Tags: NJJN Publications
The past year has been especially hazardous for noncitizen youth in this country. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has subjected immigrant children seeking entry into the United States to shocking mistreatment that has included removing babies and children from their parents and warehousing them in inhumane, squalid conditions in migrant detention camps.1 President Trump laid the groundwork for this dehumanizing treatment through his persistent anti-immigrant rhetoric conflating immigrant youth with gang members and using terminology that compares immigrants to animals and vermin.2 The Administration also continues to promote state and local government cooperation with federal immigration authorities to help facilitate further deportation of immigrant youth and families. The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has furthered these types of policies through mechanisms such as trying to give a preference to grant applicants willing to collaborate with federal immigration authorities.3 Since youth of color are far more likely to have police contact than white youth due to policing practices such as racial profiling, immigrant youth of color are at disproportionate risk of arrest. While entering the youth justice system is challenging for any youth, immigrant youth that become enmeshed in the youth justice system and/or labeled as gang members face not only the risk of incarceration but a heightened risk of deportation. Finally, while the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6, The American Dream and Promise Act of 2019, on June 4th, a bill that provides a pathway to citizenship for over two million individuals who came to the United States as children, the legislation potentially excludes two subsets of Dreamers from these protections –youth that were juvenile justice involved and sent to a secure facility and youth (or adults) who DHS has labeled as gang members. This is the first time that a law has required immigration officials to weigh juvenile records, as opposed to adult legal convictions, when reviewing applications for legal status, setting a dangerous precedent for immigration laws and weakening our youth justice system overall. LGBTQ youth have also faced hostile actions by the Administration, which have included rescinding the Obama administration’s guidance regarding transgender students’ rights in schools, limiting data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity in federal surveys, and removing references to LGBTQ youth from youth justice mentoring grants solicitations. More – not less – attention needs to be focused on the needs of LGBTQ youth as this vulnerable population is already significantly overrepresented in the justice system, particularly youth of color who comprise 85% of the LGBT and gender non-conforming youth in juvenile justice facilities.4 We must remain vigilant in monitoring federal actions that can harm immigrant and LGBTQ youth and instead continue to advocate for the supports that they need to grow into healthy adults. Our two fundamental areas of federal focus are to ensure that states have adequate federal funding in place to support young people and their families and that we are doing all we can to protect youth who are most vulnerable.
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Using Victims of Crime act Dollars For Restorative Justice, NJJN Fact Sheet, 2019
Tags: Tennessee | Restorative Justice | Advocacy | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The 1984 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) established the Crimes Victims Fund to allocate funding for crime victims' compensation and victims' services. Since 2016, many states have begun expanding the use of their VOCA funds to meet the needs of underserved victims, including funding innovative restorative justice programs that help victims as well as at-risk and justice involved youth. This fact sheet outlines how you can influence the use of VOCA funds in your state, specifically in ways that help youth and young adults. Tennessee is highlighted as a model for their VOCA supported programs. Take a look and begin navigating this issue in your state.
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Juvenile Justice and Immigrant Youth Fact Sheet May 2019
Tags: Immigration | NJJN Publications
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NJJN 2018 Member Youth Justice Advances
Tags: NJJN Publications
In 2018, NJJN members and allies across the nation were extremely successful in their efforts to transform our state youth justice systems with a multitude of policy advances. On the federal level, Congress passed H.R. 6964, reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), with overwhelming bipartisan support. Years in the making, this new law strengthens the JJDPA's core protections for youth and makes other significant improvements that reflect new youth justice developments since it was last reauthorized in 2002. The reauthorization is especially needed during this time when the Office of the United States Attorney General and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) took numerous actions that were harmful to our youth and communities, including rescinding OJJDP guidance on critical issues, loosening compliance standards for reducing racial and ethnic disparities, and issuing grant solicitations (now being challenged in the courts) that give a preference to applicants willing to collaborate with federal immigration authorities.
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Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) Fact Sheet Series - Conditions in Youth Facilities
Tags: Federal | NJJN Publications | Member Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The week of December 10, 2018, Congress passed H.R. 6964, the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018 (the Act) with overwhelming bipartisan support. The President signed the bill into law on December 21, 2018, amending the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) after years of collaborative efforts among juvenile justice organizations and advocates across the United States. Please find a summary of the provisions related to conditions in youth facilities and their implications for the youth justice system
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Protegiendo a la Juventud Inmigrante (Protecting Immigrant Youth Spanish Version)
Tags: Federal | Immigration | NJJN Publications | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Es esencial que adoptemos políticas que apoyen a nuestros jóvenes a convertirse en adultos sanos y productivos. Desafortunadamente, muchas localidades se dedican a practicas innecesarias, y algunas veces ilegales, que impactan negativamente el desarrollo de los jóvenes. Existe un intercambio de información entre la policía y autoridades de inmigración, el uso excesivo de policías en las escuelas, y base de datos sobre pandillas que son inexactas y que incluye injustamente a las personas de color. Estas son todas las practicas que desestabilizan comunidades, y con demasiada frecuencia, conduce a la detención y deportación de los jóvenes inmigrantes en los Estados Unidos.
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Protecting Immigrant Youth
Tags: Federal | Immigration | NJJN Publications | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
It is essential that we enact policies that support our youth in becoming healthy, productive adults. Unfortunately, many localities engage in unnecessary, and sometimes unlawful, practices that negatively impact the development of young people. This document, jointly produced by NJJN and ILRC, lists seven actions lawmakers can do and nine actions that citizens can do to protect immigrant youth today.
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Making Restorative Justice Transformative: 10 Key Questions
Tags: Restorative Justice | NJJN Publications
In order for restorative justice processes to truly transform our justice systems, we should ask ourselves these ten key questions before implementing them.
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Sex Offense Registries Policy Platform
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | NJJN Publications
NJJN recommends that all youth and adults who committed sexual offenses as youth be exempt and/or removed from sex offense registries,public notification laws,and residency restriction laws. Updated November 2018 sex offense registries/sex offense registry/ sex registry/ sex registries/ policy platform/ sex offender
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Empowering Justice-Involved Youth Leaders_ A Practitioner's Guide
Tags: NJJN Publications
This guide (YJLI Toolkit) seeks to provide the juvenile justice field with fundamental principles for developing directly-impacted youth leaders.
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Supporting Immigrant Youth Caught Up in the Crosshairs of the Justice System - 2018 Policy Platform
Tags: Gangs | Immigration | NJJN Publications
NJJN's 2018 policy platform on protecting immigrant youth.
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Supporting Immigrant Youth Caught Up in the Crosshairs of the Justice System - NJJN 2018 Policy Platform
Tags: Detention | Immigration | NJJN Publications
NJJN's 2018 policy platform on protecting immigrant youth.
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NJJN Forum 2018 Members Agenda
Tags: North Carolina | NJJN Publications
Full Agenda for NJJN Forum 2018
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New Zealand's Youth Justice Transformation -- Lessons for the United States
Tags: Federal | International | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Restorative Justice | NJJN Publications
NJJN analyzes New Zealand's justice transformation process -- including their successes and challenges -- and have translated these findings into important lessons for the U.S.
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New Zealand's Youth Justice Transformation Executive Summary
Tags: Federal | International | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Restorative Justice | NJJN Publications
NJJN analyzes New Zealand's justice transformation process -- including their successes and challenges -- and have translated these findings into important lessons for the U.S.
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Racial Justice Toolkit Binder
Tags: Federal | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Advocacy | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
All documents from the racial justice toolkit in one place.
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Resources on Racial Justice Disparity Data
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Racial Justice Advocacy Toolkit
Tags: Federal | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | NJJN Publications
Resources to help you connect with policymakers on racial justice
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5 Key Facts to Know About Racial Disparities in the Youth Justice System - National
Tags: Federal | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
5 Key Facts to Know About Racial Disparities in the Youth Justice System - National
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Self-Assessment Tip Sheet
Tags: NJJN Publications
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2017 Youth Justice Advances Snapshot
Tags: General System Reform | NJJN Publications
A summary of legislative advances made by NJJN members in 2017.
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JJDPA Snapshot
Tags: Federal | NJJN Publications
For more than four decades the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) has had a profound impact on how our youth justice systems operate. It has been more than ten years since the Act was reauthorized. This snapshot highlights the basics of what this law does and why it continues to be a critically important tool for helping young people and communities and furthering youth justice reform.
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Creating Meaningful Police and Youth of Color Relationships - NJJN Policy Platform - October 2017
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | NJJN Publications
Communities of color have a long-standing history of inequitable treatment by the police in the U.S. It is past time to change how police interact with black and brown youth. NJJN's 2017 Policy Platform provides background on this important issue and includes our recommendations.
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Changing the Narrative Toolkit
Tags: Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | NJJN Publications
The media plays a large role in influencing the public discourse on critical topics like race, youth justice, mass incarceration and the school-to-prison pipeline. In this vein, this toolkit aims to provide advocates guidance on how to identify harmful media narratives, build relationships with media professionals, and hold the media accountable for its reporting.
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Implicit Bias Snapshot
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | NJJN Publications
This snapshot will provide a brief overview of implicit bias as well as resources to find more information.
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Changing the Narrative Toolkit Presentation
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SAVE-for-all-letter-11-17-16final
Tags: Federal | Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | NJJN Publications | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to President and Congress in support of four principles for Strengthening America’s Values and Economy (SAVE) for All. Federal priorities must (1) protect and assist low-income and vulnerable people; (2) invest in broadly shared economic growth and jobs; (3) increase revenues from fair sources; and (4) seek savings from reducing waste in the Pentagon and elsewhere. Coalition on Human Needs.
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Making Numbers Count: Mapping Data
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Public Opinion and Messaging | Presentations | NJJN Publications
A brief overview of why using numbers persuasively is difficult, the advantages of using maps to convey some kinds of data, examples, mistakes to avoid, and some tips for creating your own data map.
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Polling on Treatment of Youth in Trouble with the Law
Tags: National | Public Opinion and Messaging | NJJN Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
A newly updated summary of national polling on voter attitudes toward youth in trouble with the law.
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Checklist for Safeguarding the Confidentiality of Youth in the Justice System - JLC and NJJN
Tags: National | Collateral Consequences | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | NJJN Publications
A checklist on confidentiality and expungement policy, created by Riya Shah of the Juvenile Law Center and Melissa Goemann of the National Juvenile Justice Network.
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NJJN - Addressing the Intersection of Gender and Racial Disparities: a Snapshot from the Juvenile Justice Resource Hub
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Girls | Risk Assessment and Screening | Status Offenses | NJJN Publications
Girls of color suffer the effects of gender and racial bias in the youth justice system. This snapshot from the National Juvenile Justice Network contains recommendations for addressing this.
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Improving Educational Opportunities for Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Snapshot, NJJN
Tags: National | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Correctional Education | NJJN Publications
Summary of the barriers youth in the justice system face to accessing appropriate educational resources, and policy recommendations to overcome them.
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School Discipline & Security Personnel: Tip Sheet
Tags: National | School-to-Prison Pipeline | NJJN Publications
School resource officers tend to criminalize normal adolescent behavior and disproportionately impact youth of color, contributing to racial and ethnic disparities in the justice system. This tip sheet offers strategies to enhance safety and diminish police contact with schoolchildren.
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Engaging Law Enforcement on Youth Justice Reform: a Policy Update
Tags: National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
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In-District Toolkit for NJJN Members: Resources to Help You Connect with Your Member of Congress in their Home District
Tags: Federal | National | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
Toolkit to guide NJJN members in connecting with their Congresspeople in support of the JJDPA.
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Confining Youth for Profit | Policy Platform | PDF
Tags: National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Institutional Conditions | Privatization | NJJN Publications
NJJN recommends ending the use of for-profit private youth confinement facilities because they encourage the incarceration of youth and the elimination of services youth need to succeed. Also, making money on keeping youth in bondage is morally wrong.
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Protecting Youth Confined for Profit - Policy Safeguards | PDF
Tags: National | Detention | Institutional Conditions | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Privatization | NJJN Publications
NJJN opposes the use of for-profit private youth confinement facilities because they encourage the incarceration of youth and the elimination of services youth need to succeed; and they are morally wrong. Where they are still used, these policy safeguards help protect youth, taxpayers, and public safety.
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Snapshot: Using Re-Entry Thinking to Guide Placement Decisions
Tags: National | Aftercare/Reentry | NJJN Publications
It’s never too early to begin thinking about re-entry. Focusing on helping youth to successfully re-enter the community starting from the time they first become involved in the juvenile justice system, or a “think exit at entry” philosophy, can help to positively guide juvenile justice decisions every step of the way. This snapshot shares some examples of how re-entry thinking can benefit youth.
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Snapshot: Using Re-Entry Thinking to Guide Placement Decisions
Tags: National | Aftercare/Reentry | NJJN Publications
It's never too early to begin thinking about re-entry. Focusing on helping youth to successfully re-enter the community starting from the time they first become involved in the juvenile justice system, or a "think exit at entry" philosophy, can help to positively guide juvenile justice decisions every step of the way. This snapshot shares some examples of how re-entry thinking can benefit youth.
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Snapshot: Using Re-Entry Thinking to Guide Placement Decisions
Tags: National | Aftercare/Reentry | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
It's never too early to begin thinking about re-entry. Focusing on helping youth to successfully re-enter the community starting from the time they first become involved in the juvenile justice system, or a "think exit at entry" philosophy, can help to positively guide juvenile justice decisions every step of the way. This snapshot shares some examples of how re-entry thinking can benefit youth.
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Press Release: JJDPA Reathorization Bill, December 2014
Tags: Iowa | Rhode Island | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Status Offenses | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation | Media | NJJN Publications
A joint press release from the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice regarding the December 11, 2014 re-introduction of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) by Sens. Whitehouse and Grassley.
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Because Kids are Different: Five Opportunities for Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
Tags: National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Confidentiality | Institutional Conditions | Sex Offender Registries | Youth in the Adult System | Shackling | NJJN Publications
This Models for Change document concisely frames five reform policy areas in light of adolescent development: adult transfer, solitary confinement; confidentiality of juvenile records; sex offenses registries; and courtroom shackling.
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Community-Based Supervision: Increased Public Safety, Decreased Expenditures - Tip Sheet
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
This tip sheet, jointly issued by NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center and the Safely Home Campaign of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc., summarizes the social and cost benefits of community-based supervision compared to incarceration.
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Perils of Registering Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses: Research Update
Tags: National | Sex Offender Registries | Research | NJJN Publications
Registries and notification laws for people who commit sex offenses offer no clear public safety benefits. Though registration is not an effective way to reduce sex offending among adults and youth alike, it is an especially inappropriate response to youth, who are highly unlikely to become repeat sex offenders.
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Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses: Research Update
Tags: National | Sex Offender Registries | Research | NJJN Publications
Registries for youth who commit sex offenses not only fail to protect child welfare and overall public safety, but actually jeopardize it, while taking an enormous toll on the youth who have offended. New research sheds light on why youth commit sex offenses and how to achieve the best outcomes.
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Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Systems: Promising Practices
Tags: National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | NJJN Publications
Although crime rates and youth confinement have fallen sharply, youth of color are disproportionately represented at nearly all points in the juvenile justice system. This document draws on Models for Change innovations to identify policy recommendations to reduce these disparities. Photo by Victor Keegan: http://bit.ly/1uGjF6P.
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Unchain the Children: Policy Opportunities to End the Shackling of Youth in Court
Tags: National | Brain and Adolescent Development | General System Reform | Shackling | NJJN Publications
Children in far too many states are forced to appear in court shackled -- often wearing handcuffs, leg irons, and belly chains connecting ankle and hand restraints. This policy update reviews strategies to end indiscriminate shackling of youth in court developed with the support of Models for Change. (Photo by Victor Keegan: http://bit.ly/1uGjF6P.) HTML version here: http://bit.ly/1taMkBi
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Reducing Youth Confinement
Tags: National | NJJN Publications
This NJJN policy platform outlines pathways to safely and effectively divert youth from confinement facilities, with an emphasis on rehabilitation and community supports.
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Social Impact Bonds: Tip Sheet
Tags: Massachusetts | New York | Utah | National | Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
What are social impact bonds? Where did they come from? This tip sheet from NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center has the answers, plus: benefits, pitfalls, and real-life examples.
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A House Divided No More: Common Cause for Juvenile Justice Advocates, Victim Advocates, and Communities
Tags: National | General System Reform | Victims | Restorative Justice | NJJN Publications
This policy paper argues for ending the divide between youth justice reformers and crime victims' advocates; explores the false divide between "offenders" and "victims" and other misperceptions about who is most often harmed by crime, and how to hold youth accountable in age-appropriate ways while doing a better job of serving the people they have harmed.
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Time for a Check-Up: How Advocates Can Help Youth in the Juvenile Justice System Get the Mental Health Services They Need
Tags: National | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | NJJN Publications
This policy update is an easy-to-understand resource to guide advocates through the Medicaid, CHIP, and ACA requirements they will need to understand to bring adequate mental health services to youth in the juvenile justice system. (Photo: Flickr member Nicolas Raymond, under Creative Commons license.)
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Polling on Public Attitudes About the Treatment of Young Offenders, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: National | Public Opinion and Messaging | Reports | NJJN Publications
Paper summarizing the findings from several recent polls. Polls show that the general public: believes that rehabilitation and treatment can reduce crime AND is willing to pay extra taxes to provide those services; supports rehabilitation even for young people who commit violent crimes; opposes young offenders being sent to adult criminal court without an individual determination made in each case; agrees that non-white youth are more likely than white youth to be prosecuted as adults; and believes strongly in a separate juvenile justice system.
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The Comeback and Coming-from-Behind States: An Update on Youth Incarceration in the United States
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Missouri | Mississippi | Nebraska | New York | Ohio | South Dakota | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | Wyoming | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
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Arrested Development: Confinement Can Negatively Affect Youth Maturation
Tags: International | National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Deinstitutionalization | Reports | NJJN Publications
According to recent research funded by the John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation's Models for Change Initiative, incarceration can stymie young people's psychosocial maturation--meaning that youth who experience incarceration may be more impulsive and susceptible to negative peer influence upon release, increasing the risk of re-arrest.
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The Comeback States: Reducing Juvenile Incarceration in the United States - NJJN, TPPF
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Mississippi | New York | Ohio | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
Nine "comeback states" are featured for their dramatic reversal of youth incarceration rates in the past decade and for adopting policies that will promote further reductions.
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When Three's A Crowd: How Families Can Contribute to their Child's Defense
Tags: National | Family and Youth Involvement | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | NJJN Publications
NJJN summarizes the role of the defense attorney when the client is a youth and provides tips and resources for parents on how best to support their child and contribute to their child's case.
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Funding Community Based Supervision: Legislative Levers to Lock in Local Funding
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
When your state proposes to close youth prisons and have counties serve youth in trouble with the law in the community, how do you keep counties at the table? The Fiscal Policy Center's new tip sheet provides four examples of funding legislation that can help.
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Six Policy Priorities for Juvenile Defense: Why Juvenile Defense Doesn't End in the Courtroom
Tags: National | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | NJJN Publications
The National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC) recently released new standards for juvenile defense attorneys to improve the delivery of legal services to all indigent youth. NJJN's policy update highlights the areas where defenders and advocates can work toward systemic reform.
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Toolkit: How to Calculate the Average Costs of Detaining a Youth
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
This toolkit from the National Juvenile Justice Network's Fiscal Policy Center focuses on calculating what it costs to detain a youth. Second in a series, the toolkit is intended to help reformers help policymakers craft cost-effective policies for youth in trouble with the law.
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Toolkit: How to Calculate the Cost of a Youth Arrest
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
This toolkit from the National Juvenile Justice Network's Fiscal Policy Center, revised in April 2013, focuses on calculating what it costs to arrest a youth. First in a series, the toolkit is intended to help reformers help policymakers craft cost-effective policies for youth in trouble with the law.
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NJJN Response to President's Plan on Gun Violence (2013)
Tags: Federal | School-to-Prison Pipeline | NJJN Publications
NJJN applauds President Obama's response to the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut and his genuine interest in addressing gun violence. Nevertheless, we discourage any increase in police in schools, because of their adverse impact on students and lack of evidence that they improve school safety.
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Diverting Youth from the Justice System: Why and How
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | General System Reform | Research | NJJN Publications | Partner Publications
This policy update from NJJN briefly summarizes the research on the effectiveness of juvenile diversion programs and summarizes the contents of *The Juvenile Diversion Guidebook,* a resource from Models for Change that offers users practical insight, advice, and direction in developing and improving diversion programs.
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Competency to Stand Trial in Juvenile Court: Recommendations for Policymakers
Tags: Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy update, NJJN outlines the ways that adolescence complicates assessment of competency, and makes recommendations for policymakers to create flexible, but age-appropriate guidelines.
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Seven Ways to Improve Juvenile Indigent Defense
Tags: Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | NJJN Publications
This NJJN policy update reviews key strategies for reforming juvenile indigent defense centered on training, practice standards, communications and collaboration, creating supportive tools and resources, and advocacy.
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Recipe for Reform School: Why Some Kids and Teens in the Child Welfare System End Up in the Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Reports | NJJN Publications
An NJJN Policy Update on crossover youth. New research funded and synthesized by Models for Change in a 2011 Knowledge Brief shows that not all youth in the child welfare system are equally likely to cross over into the juvenile justice system; and highlights the factors that increase the likelihood of crossover.
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Using Adolescent Brain Research to Inform Policy: A Guide for Juvenile Justice Advocates, NJJN Policy Paper Update
Tags: Brain and Adolescent Development | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
This National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Paper highlights the primary areas of overlap between adolescent brain research and the field of juvenile justice, and suggests how advocates can better equip themselves to use the research sensibly and effectively.
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Emerging Findings and Policy Implications from the Pathways to Desistance Study
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Institutional Conditions | NJJN Publications
New research suggests providing the appropriate services can significantly change the life trajectory of youth in the juvenile justice system.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2009-2011
Tags: General System Reform | NJJN Publications
Published by the National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) in July 2012, the document includes a wide array of youth justice reforms from across the country.
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How to Retain Funds for Youth Programming From the Sale or Lease of Juvenile Facilities
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
An NJJN Fiscal Policy Center toolkit to help you make sure that the proceeds from the sale or lease of closed youth prisons are used to keep youth out of the justice system, or help those already there.
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Fiscal Policy Center Glossary of Legislative Budget Terms
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | NJJN Publications
A brief guide to important financial terms created by NJJN's Fiscal Policy Center.
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The Truth About Consequences: Studies Point toward Sparing Use of Formal Juvenile Justice System Processing and Incarceration
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | NJJN Publications
Recent research shows that incarcerating young people and formally processing them through the juvenile justice system is harmful and counter-productive in most cases.
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Adam Walsh Act Update: State Resistance to Comply and Federal Leniency in Compliance Review
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Reports | NJJN Publications
Update noting that states are resistant to comply with the Adam Walsh Act, due to the high expense of compliance, the negative public safety and rehabilitation effects of placing youth on registries, and confidence in their own current state laws, many of which have been carefully crafted to assess for actual risk, rather than acting as more blunt offense-based tools. Additionally, the federal SMART (Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking) office modified the law's guidelines, allowing jurisdictions to exempt youthful offenders from public registries, and place them on private, law enforcement-only registries. In doing so, the SMART office has allowed for a more lenient definition of "substantial implementation" than it indicated it would in the past.
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Safe and Effective School Disciplinary Policies and Practices, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: School-to-Prison Pipeline | NJJN Publications
National recommendations from NJJN on policies and procedures to ensure that youth stay in and graduate from school, and that student misbehavior is handled appropriately and effectively within the school context.
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Bringing Youth Home: A National Movement to Increase Public Safety, Rehabilitate Youth and Save Money, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Alabama | California | District of Columbia | Florida | Kansas | New York | Ohio | Texas | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crime Data and Statistics | Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report highlighting positive news stemming from and of interest to budget conscious and public safety-minded states. The publication includes examples of states that reduced their juvenile facility populations and are now not only reaping the rewards of newfound funds that can be directed into more effective community-based services for youth, but are also seeing a better return on their investment in terms of juvenile rehabilitation and public safety.
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Research Highlights from "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change", National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Presentations | NJJN Publications
Summary of the research highlights included in NJJN's policy paper, "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times."
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Substantive and Tactical Strategies from "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change", National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Summary of the substantive and tactical strategies highlighted in NJJN's policy paper, "The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times."
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Youth Reentry/Aftercare, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: Aftercare/Reentry | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy platform, the National Juvenile Justice Network offers recommendations on how to better approach reentry and aftercare for youth placed out of the home.
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An Advocate's Guide to Meaningful Family Partnerships: Tips from the Field, NJJN
Tags: California | Louisiana | Family and Youth Involvement | Reports | NJJN Publications
Offers strategies for forming and sustaining meaningful partnerships with family members. Case examples from California and Louisiana.
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The Real Costs and Benefits of Change: Finding Opportunities for Reform During Difficult Fiscal Times, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Fiscal Issues and Funding | Reports | NJJN Publications
Policy paper offering guidance for juvenile justice advocates whose states are facing budget shortfalls. The paper details two core recommendations to encourage wise and effective juvenile justice spending: realigning/reducing spending without sacrificing effective programs, and using the current budget crisis as a means to leverage deinstitutionalization.
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U.S. Supreme Court Prohibits Life Without Parole Sentences for Youth Who Did not Commit Homicide, NJJN E-Newsletter
Tags: Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Court Decisions and Related Documents | NJJN Publications
Newsletter applauding Supreme Court decision in Graham v. Florida finding unconstitutional life without parole sentences for youth who did not commit homicide.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Systems, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy platform, the National Juvenile Justice Network offers recommendations on how to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system.
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: The National Juvenile Justice Network Responds to Opposition
Tags: International | International and Human Rights | Reports | NJJN Publications
Brief outlining the arguments against ratification of the CRC and refuting their validity.
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How to End the Criminalization of Students of Color: Lessons from Louisiana, Annie Balck and Gina Womack, National Juvenile Justice Network, March 2010; Originally published in the Race Equity E-Newsletter
Tags: Louisiana | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | NJJN Publications
Article describing the nature of the school to prison pipeline and how reform in Louisiana should serve as a lesson for school districts around the country.
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child: Implications for Juvenile Justice Reform, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: International | International and Human Rights | Reports | NJJN Publications
Fact sheet summarizing the Convention on the Rights of the Child's (CRC) guidelines for youth in conflict with the law and highlighting the four core principles of the CRC: 1) non-discrimination; 2) child's best interests; 3) child's right to life, survival and development; and 4) consideration of the child's individual opinions.
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Update on State Compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, NJJN Fact Sheet
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Reports | NJJN Publications
NJJN advisory on the federal government's apparent willingness to pay heed to states' concerns about the Adam Walsh Act's mandates for youth.
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NJJN's Comments on OJJDP's Proposed Plan for FY 2010
Tags: Federal | General System Reform | Reports | NJJN Publications
NJJN responded to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Proposed Plan for FY 2010 by outlining seven principles of reform that should guide all programming emerging from this federal office.
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Approaching Juvenile Justice with a Focus on Positive Youth Development, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy platform, the National Juvenile Justice Network offers recommendations on how to incorporate the principles of positive youth development into juvenile justice practices, programs and policies.
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Curbing Re-Arrest for Serious Offenses: Community-Based Alternatives for Youth as Effective as Institutional Placements
Tags: Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
Brief summarizing findings from a longitudinal study on serious youth offenders ("Research on Pathways to Desistance," Models for Change, December 2009) that offer guidance for state policymakers concerned with over-reliance on expensive youth incarceration. Research demonstrates that incarceration provides no public safety benefit over community-based supervision.
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Conditions of Confinement, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: Institutional Conditions | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy platform, the National Juvenile Justice Network offers recommendations on how to improve conditions of confinement for youth involved in the justice system.
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Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, National Juvenile Justice Network Policy Platform
Tags: Girls | Reports | NJJN Publications
In this policy platform, the National Juvenile Justice Network offers recommendations on how to better address the needs of justice-involved girls.
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Is There a New Juvenile Crime Wave on the Horizon?: Overview of Recent Reports and Responses, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Crime Data and Statistics | Reports | NJJN Publications
Report drawing on data from the National Juvenile Court Data Archive to profile more than 1.6 million delinquency cases handled in 2005 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. The report also tracks trends in delinquency cases between 1985 and 2005 and status offense cases processed between 1995 and 2005.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2007-2008 Press Release, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: General System Reform | NJJN Publications
Highlights publication of compilation of legislative, judicial and administrative advances and new funding allocations that have led to the closure of large, harmful juvenile prisons; increases in programs that offer community-based alternatives to confinement; strengthened practice standards for juvenile defenders; and additional procedural and substantive protections for youth in and out of court.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2007-2008, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: General System Reform | Reports | NJJN Publications
Compilation of legislative, judicial and administrative advances and new funding allocations that have led to the closure of large, harmful juvenile prisons; increases in programs that offer community-based alternatives to confinement; strengthened practice standards for juvenile defenders; and additional procedural and substantive protections for youth in and out of court. The booklet includes advances from states across the country sorted into substantive issue categories. Each advance is briefly summarized with a citation. Advances cited in the booklet may be found on NJJN’s Web site.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2007-2008, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: National | General System Reform | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Legislation | NJJN Publications
Compilation of legislative, judicial and administrative advances and new funding allocations that have led to the closure of large, harmful juvenile prisons; increases in programs that offer community-based alternatives to confinement; strengthened practice standards for juvenile defenders; and additional procedural and substantive protections for youth in and out of court. The booklet includes advances from states across the country sorted into substantive issue categories. Each advance is briefly summarized with a citation. Advances cited in the booklet may be found on NJJN’s Web site.
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New Registration Requirements for Juvenile Sex Offenders: The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, H.R. 4472, NJJN Fact Sheet
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Reports | NJJN Publications
Fact sheet describing the Adam Walsh Act and the registration requirements for complying with the act.
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Adam Walsh Act Effects & Youth Sex Offenders, Presentation by Sarah Bryer to the American Bar Association
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | NJJN Publications
Presentation including facts about juvenile sex offenders, details of Adam Walsh Act requirements for youth, recent state legislation of note, and options for action.
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How the Adam Walsh Act Affects Juveniles, Sarah Bryer, National Juvenile Justice Network, Presentation to the National Conference of State Legislators
Tags: Sex Offender Registries | Presentations | NJJN Publications
PowerPoint presentation about youth sex offenders, the implications of the Adam Walsh Act and options for implementation of this act.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2006-2007, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: General System Reform | Reports | NJJN Publications
Compilation of legislative, judicial and administrative advances and new funding allocations that have led to the closure of large, harmful juvenile prisons; increases in programs that offer community-based alternatives to confinement; strengthened practice standards for juvenile defenders; and additional procedural and substantive protections for youth in and out of court. The booklet includes advances from states across the country sorted into substantive issue categories. Each advance is briefly summarized with a citation. Advances cited in the booklet may be found on NJJN’s Web site.
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Youth Who Commit Sex Offenses, NJJN Fact Sheet 2007
Tags: National | Sex Offender Registries | Reports | NJJN Publications
Fact sheet explaining differences between juvenile sex offenders and adult sex offenders.
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Engaging Young People in Juvenile Justice Reform, National Collaboration for Youth and National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Family and Youth Involvement | Reports | NJJN Publications
Brief raising issues that can be considered when embarking on an effort to incorporate youth in juvenile justice reform efforts. It addresses the challenges involved in recruiting and retaining young people and highlights various community-based and governmental organizations that empower youth to advocate for, and provide significant input into, system reform.
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Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform, 2005-2006, National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: General System Reform | Reports | NJJN Publications
Compilation of legislative, judicial and administrative advances and new funding allocations that have led to the closure of large, harmful juvenile prisons; increases in programs that offer community-based alternatives to confinement; strengthened practice standards for juvenile defenders; and additional procedural and substantive protections for youth in and out of court. The booklet includes advances from states across the country sorted into substantive issue categories. Each advance is briefly summarized with a citation. Advances cited in the booklet may be found on NJJN’s Web site.
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Human Rights as a Catalyst for Juvenile Justice Reform, National Collaboration for Youth and National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: International | International and Human Rights | Reports | NJJN Publications
Brief providing juvenile justice and youth advocates with a basic primer on international law as it relates to the treatment of youth in conflict with the law and including examples of how juvenile justice advocates have been using and can continue to use international law for reform efforts in the U.S.
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Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact in the Juvenile Justice System: Promising Practices, Emily R. Cabaniss, et al., Aggression and Violent Behavior
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports | NJJN Publications
Article reviewing and synthesizing national best practices for successfully reducing DMC in the juvenile justice system including: (a) data review and decision-point mapping; (b) cultural competency training; (c) increasing community-based detention alternatives; (d) removing decision-making subjectivity; (e) reducing barriers to family involvement; and (f) cultivating state leadership to legislate system-level change.
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Undocumented Immigrant Youth: Guide for Advocates and Service Providers, National Collaboration for Youth and National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Immigration | Reports | NJJN Publications
Information on how the criminal and juvenile justice systems can affect undocumented immigrant youth.
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Service Coordination Strengthens Youth Reentry, National Collaboration for Youth and NJJN
Tags: Aftercare/Reentry | Reports | NJJN Publications
Policy brief focusing on the importance of service coordination among public and private agencies to provide an aftercare or reentry system that addresses the multiple needs of incarcerated youth. The brief explores federal and state policy initiatives to encourage coordination, addresses the issue of information sharing and juvenile confidentiality, and highlights local programs that are notable for their public and private partnerships.
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Detention Reform and Girls: Challenges and Solutions, National Juvenile Justice Network Fact Sheet
Tags: Girls | Reports | NJJN Publications
Fact sheet discussing girls in the juvenile justice system, the reason for their incarceration rates, and the need for reform.
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Talking Points on H.R. 3132 (the Children's Safety Act of 2005), National Juvenile Justice Network
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Reports | NJJN Publications
Talking points asserting that the Act is too severe, bad for children, and harmful to public safety. Document offers recommendations to improve the Act.