Found 135 matches.
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YJAM Toolkit: How to Create a Youth-Centered Policy Roundtable
Tags: NJJN Publications | Partner Publications
This guide outlines the key steps and considerations that partners should take as they plan youth-centered policy roundtables with state and local policymakers.
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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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Sticker Shock 2020: The Cost of Youth Incarceration
Tags: Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
In 2014, when the Justice Policy Institute first analyzed the cost of secure youth confinement, 33 states and the District of Columbia reported an annual cost per youth that eclipsed $100,000. 1 In 2020, despite more than a half-decade of falling youth arrests and declining rates of youth incarceration since 2014, 40 states and Washington, D.C. report spending at least $100,000 annually per confined child, with some states spending more than $500,000 per youth per year The average state cost for the secure confinement of a young person is now $588 per day, or $214,620 per year, a 44 percent increase from 2014. These cost figures over a six-year period represent the growing economic impact of incarcerating youth. However, the long-term impact of these policies extends well beyond the fiscal cost. Extensive research reveals that secure youth incarceration increases the likelihood of recidivism and harms educational attainment, lifetime wages, and future health outcomes for youth. Additionally, carceral settings have proven to be a primary vector for the spread of the COVID-19 virus. Many jurisdictions have reduced the number of youth detained pre-trial to stem the spread of the virus, either by cutting down the number of youth admitted to detention, or by releasing some young people from confinement; but much more work remains to be done. For example, while admissions to youth detention fell by 50 percent between February and May 2020, rates of release also declined after a brief increase in March.2
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The Presence of School Resource Officers (SROs) in America's Schools, Justice Policy Institute, July 2020
Tags: School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Communities across the country have come together to demand meaningful changes to law enforcement practices in the wake of the tragic murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Rayshard Brooks at the hands of the police. The focus has rightly been on how deadly police actions have had an outsized impact on communities of color. These calls for action have delivered some immediate victories, including changes in leadership in some law enforcement agencies as well as cultural paradigm shifts, such as calls to defund the police and invest those resources into community-designed and community-owned public safety strategies. Minneapolis, the epicenter of the movement, passed legislation to dismantle the police department and revisit that city’s law enforcement and public safety strategies.i This movement for reform extends beyond municipal police departments. In fact, one of the first demands from community advocates in Minneapolis was to remove police from within city schools.
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CFYJ - TRANSFER CLOSE PPT FINAL (2)
Tags: Presentations | Partner Publications
CFYJ - TRANSFER CLOSE PPT FINAL (2) Webinar 2020 - National Trends in Reducing Transfers of Youth to Adult Court
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Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County
Tags: California | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications
In 2017, Los Angeles County established an Office of Youth Diversion and Development to advance a collaboratively designed pre-booking diversion initiative that prevents youth from getting formally arrested or referred to probation during encounters with law enforcement. Human Impact Partners and the Los Angeles (LA) County Office of Youth Diversion and Development (YDD) partnered to develop this evaluation framework to assess and prevent racial inequities in this program. LA County’s pre-booking diversion program is part of a broader effort to reduce mass incarceration of Black and Brown youth i . In LA County and across the US, Black and Brown youth are arrested and detained by law enforcement at disproportionately greater rates compared to White youth. Organizing by local youth advocates and policy changes at the local, state, and national level have created opportunities for community-based pre-booking diversion in LA County to reduce the excessive and unfair criminalization and incarceration of Black and Brown youth and equitably improve outcomes for youth. Human Impact Partners developed this document by reviewing research and reports that describe and evaluate youth diversion programs and their outcomes, and by speaking with experts, youth, and youth caretakers in LA County. The promising practices lifted up in this report are drawn from traditional public health research evidence, and from the wisdom and experiences of stakeholders in LA County.
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Building a Positive Future for LA's Youth
Tags: California | Prevention | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
Arguing for funding for youth development including history of suppression in LA County, history of youth development in other regions, and LA's addiction to suppression and incarceration.
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Pre-Booking Youth Diversion Evaluation Metrics
Tags: California | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Prevention | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
Human Impact Partners (HIP) developed this resource to highlight metrics, indicators, and potential data sources detailed in the Advancing Racial Equity in Youth Diversion: An Evaluation Framework Informed by Los Angeles County. The HIP team partnered with the Los Angeles County Office of Youth Diversion and Development (YDD) to produce this evaluation framework.
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Pre-DiversionWebinarSlides Human Impact Partners_092519
Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications
Slides presented by Sukhdip Purewal Bopari of Human Impact Partners during the webinar: "Pre-Booking Diversion: Why It's Needed and How to Increase Racial Equity" recorded on 9/25/19. SUMMARY: On September 25, 2019, the Youth Justice Coalition (YJC), the Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), and Human Impact Partners came together to discuss their work with the Office of Youth Diversion and Development to advance a pre-booking diversion initiative. The initiative aims to prevent youth youth arrests and referrals to probation, based on a public health and youth development framework.
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Youth Diversion in Los Angeles County: Advancing Evidence-Informed Policy to Improve Youth Outcomes
Tags: California | Prevention | Teleconference | Partner Publications
The LA County Office of Youth Diversion and Development policy brief created through the youth-community-County collaboration.
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NJJDPC Policy Platform for the 2020 Election
Tags: Federal | General System Reform | Partner Publications
The National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition (NJJDPC), released “The Future for Youth Justice 2020: A Policy Platform for the 2020 Election,” on August 12th, 2019 as a roadmap for transforming our justice system in a way that increases public safety, achieves better outcomes for our children and families, and brings us closer to a legal system that is just and fair for all. NJJN is on the steering committee of NJJDPC and signed onto this platform, which will be shared with all the presidential candidates.
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Indiana
Tags: Indiana | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The federal allocation of grant funding to Indiana has dropped significantly in recent years. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48%2. In Indiana, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a66% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Minnesota
Tags: Minnesota | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
It has been a perennial struggle for Minnesota to allocate juvenile justice funds in the same equitable manner reflected in the JJAC’s membership. This challenge has become even more acute as federal investment in juvenile justice has declined. Nationally, since 2002, federal investments in the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency have decreased by 48%. The decrease in juvenile justice spending has been felt even more severely in Minnesota, with federal spending dropping off by 60% in the state over the past decade. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Nevada
Tags: Nevada | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Nationwide, federal allocations for juvenile justice programs decreased by nearly 48% during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized. In Nevada, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a 66% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Oregon
Tags: Oregon | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The federal allocation of grant funding to Oregon has dropped significantly in recent years. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48%. In Oregon, meanwhile, between FY10 and FY 18 alone, the state experienced a 62% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Pennsylvania
Tags: Pennsylvania | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Unfortunately, significant cuts in the federal investment in juvenile justice nationwide have put this important work in serious jeopardy. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized , federal juvenile justice funding decreased by nearly 48% . Since FY10, federal investments in juvenile justice 2 reform in the Commonwealth have decreased by more than 61% , hampering Pennsylvania’s efforts to improve the lives and address the needs of youth who come into contact with law enforcement and the courts, and youth at risk of contact. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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Profile of Federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Funding: Wisconsin
Tags: Wisconsin | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
The Federal distribution of funds has decreased substantially over the past decade and is part of an ongoing problem across the country. Nationwide, during the 16 years that the JJDPA went unauthorized, the federal investment in the prevention and reduction of juvenile delinquency decreased by nearly 48 percent. In Wisconsin, between FY10 and FY18 alone, the state experienced a 78% reduction in its formula and block grant allocations. *** Published by the Campaign of the National Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Coalition - Act 4 Juvenile Justice. www.act4jj.org
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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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Principles of Effective Juvenile Justice Policy
Tags: Federal | Colorado | District of Columbia | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Reports | Member Publications | Partner Publications
The NCSL Juvenile Justice Principles Work Group project was developed under an NCSL partnership with The Pew Charitable Trusts public safety performance project. The work group project responds to the challenge lawmakers face of constructing juvenile justice systems that are both fiscally responsible and improve outcomes on many important fronts: protecting and enhancing public safety, holding youth accountable, helping youth develop the skills they need to succeed, preserving and strengthening families, and promoting fairness. The issues addressed in these Principles reflect the important role of state legislatures in enacting policies that avoid unnecessary involvement of youth in the justice system and support evidence-based interventions that reduce recidivism and protect public safety. While working group members and other lawmakers recognize that confinement may be necessary for youth who commit the most serious crimes and pose the greatest threat to public safety, a major interest of the group was sustaining and reinforcing the current trends of falling juvenile crime and out-of-home placement rates.
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Tap into Funding by Tapping into your Confidence
Tags: Federal | North Carolina | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Evidence-Based Practices | Advocacy | Presentations | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This PowerPoint, presented by Erin Dale Byrd of Blueprint NC at NJJN Forum 2018, provides a toolkit of best practices for nonprofit organizers when reaching out to potential donors.
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Intersectional Justice in Practice
Tags: Federal | North Carolina | LGBTQ Youth | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Prevention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Victims | Advocacy | Presentations | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This powerpoint from NJJN Forum 2018 was put together by Ames Simmons, Director of Transgender Policy at Equality North Carolina, and addresses potential legislative responses to discriminatory policies and practices that unfairly target LGBTQ youth.
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LGBTQI Youth in Juvenile Justice Settings: Closing the Gap between Recommended Practice and Reality
Tags: Federal | New York | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | LGBTQ Youth | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Evidence-Based Practices | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Legislation | Presentations | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This presentation from NJJN Forum 2018 was developed by Currey Cook, Youth in Out-of-Home Care Project Director at Lambda Legal, and provides information on how LGBTQ youth are disproportionately represented in the justice system and legal protections granted to members of the LGBTQ community.
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Concerns Over Recent Actions by the Department of Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Tags: Federal | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Reports | Partner Publications
This backgrounder published by the Campaign for Youth Justice outlines how recent actions taken by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) toward loosening compliance with the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Acts (JJDPA) core requirements will be extremely detrimental to young people in contact with the justice system, especially youth of color.
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Improving Outcomes for Justice-Involved Youth Through Structured Decision-Making and Diversion
Tags: Federal | Virginia | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Risk Assessment and Screening | Restorative Justice | Evidence-Based Practices | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This issue brief by the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University reviews research on the structured decision-making process and diversion, including the use of risk and needs assessment tools and dispositional matrices. It also has a focus on how these tools can improve the effectiveness of juvenile diversion programming. Moving from research to practice, this brief further highlights some of the recent reform efforts in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Understanding Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression (SOGIE) Data for Stanislaus County, CA
Tags: California | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Girls | LGBTQ Youth | Advocacy | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
This study by Dr. Angela Irvine at Ceres Policy Research examines the need to continue to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in the juvenile justice system, while also considering the way that race intersects with sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression (SOGIE) among system-involved youth. This report also highlights the efforts of Stanislaus County, CA to achieve both of these goals.
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CFYJ Backgrounder on DOJ Actions
Tags: Federal | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Partner Publications
Concerns Over Recent Actions by the Department of Justice and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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Ready to Launch: A Campaign Starter Toolkit to Close Youth Prisons
Tags: Federal | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Member Publications | Partner Publications
This toolkit created by Youth First Initiative can guide you on how to create a strategic plan to run a campaign to promote different initiatives and movement to close youth prisons. Presented to you is step-by-step guidelines to start a campaign from start to finish. It starts with researching and gathering information. Then it’s time to get your voice heard, create workplan and strategic approach, reach out to those of power, develop concrete planes, organize plan, develop campaign, get resources and support you need, use power of public opinion and media, recruit necessary staff, plan and execute post-launch activities.
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CFYJ Youth Transfer Brief
Tags: General System Reform | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
The Importance of Individualized Factor Review.
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Youth Transfer: The Importance of Individualized Factor Review
Tags: Federal | California | Nebraska | New Jersey | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
This publication states facts, reviews and analysis of negative impact as a result of youth incarceration in terms of youth safety and public safety with examples of prosecutorial factors in Nebraska, New Jersey and California. The publication ends with policy recommendations.
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WIOA Youth Funding Supplemental Letter to House Labor-H 12-11-17
Tags: Federal | Family and Youth Involvement | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to House Appropriations leaders to ensure the WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Youth formula program funding is left intact in the coming supplemental appropriations bill and oppose any new transfer authorities. National Youth Employment Coalition.
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WIOA Youth Funding Supplemental Letter to Senate Labor-H 12-11-17
Tags: Federal | Family and Youth Involvement | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to Senate Appropriations leaders to ensure the WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Youth formula program funding is left intact in the coming supplemental appropriations bill and oppose any new transfer authorities. National Youth Employment Coalition.
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DeVosSignOnLetter120617FINAL
Tags: Federal | Brain and Adolescent Development | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Family and Youth Involvement | Physical Health | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to Sec. DeVos expressing strong support for robust enforcement of the regulation implementing the IDEA’s disproportionality requirements and opposition to any effort to delay its implementation. The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
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Letter to urge continued funding of federal innocence forensic science programs Nov 9, 2017
Tags: Federal | Crime Data and Statistics | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Risk Assessment and Screening | Evidence-Based Practices | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
The letter to urge leaders of the Appropriations Committees to continue funding of federal innocence and forensic science programs at the Department of Justice and the National Institute of Standards and Technology at the Department of Commerce in the final FY 2018 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bill. Innocence Project.
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Updated Statement on HR 3697 9.22.17 (Criminal Alien Gang Removal Act)
Tags: Federal | Crime Data and Statistics | Gangs | Immigration | International and Human Rights | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Urges Senate Judiciary Committee Chm. Grassley and Ranking Member Feinstein to oppose the Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act, H.R. 3697. National Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition (NJJDPC).
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FY18 LSC Support Letter FINAL
Tags: Federal | Family and Youth Involvement | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Fines and Fees | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to Appropriations Committee leaders in support of continued investment in the Legal Services Corporation (LSC). ABA Center on Children and the Law.
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Oppose Anti-Fair Housing and Geospatial Data Amendments
Tags: Federal | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to Representatives opposing a potential amendment to the FY17 appropriations bill that would repeal HUD’s Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing (AFFH) regulation, require HUD to use its limited resources to duplicate previous consultations with state and local governments about how to fulfill their fair housing obligations, and block access to government geo-spatial data. National Fair Housing Alliance.
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Children's Groups Letter to Hill_Do No Harm
Tags: Federal | Family and Youth Involvement | Physical Health | Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Urges majority and minority leaders of House and Senate to keep the unique needs of children front and center and adopt a “do no harm” standard for children as they consider any changes to the nation’s health care system. Children’s Defense Fund.
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Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities
Tags: Federal | International and Human Rights | Physical Health | Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter of Opposition to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Education and Reform act of 2017 (H.R. 620). H.R. 620 would create significant obstacles for people with disabilities to enforce their rights under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) to access public accommodations, and would impede their ability to engage in daily activities and participate in the mainstream of society. Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) and Coalition Partners.
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ADDRESSING THE INTERSECTIONS OF JUVENILE JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT AND YOUTH HOMELESSNESS: PRINCIPLES FOR CHANGE
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Detention | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Prevention | Risk Assessment and Screening | Evidence-Based Practices | Reports | Research | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Coalition for Juvenile Justice reports ways to ensure young people do not experience homelessness as a result of involvement with the juvenile justice system, and likewise do not become involved with the justice system because of a lack of housing.
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MERCY Act Letter of Support 2 6 17
Tags: Federal | Detention | General System Reform | International and Human Rights | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Advocacy | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Court Decisions and Related Documents | Legislation | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter of support for the MERCY Act. Sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker to protect young people from solitary confinement. Juvenile Law Center.
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Unsealed Fate: The Unintended Consequences of Inadequate Safeguarding of Juvenile Records in Maine
Tags: Maine | Aftercare/Reentry | Collateral Consequences | Crime Data and Statistics | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Status Offenses | Evidence-Based Practices | Research | Partner Publications
Research into the impact of juvenile records show authors conducted focus groups, interviews and surveys of youth and adults with juvenile records, family members, juvenile justice practitioners, and key stakeholders and found that individuals with juvenile records face barriers in applying for jobs and professional licenses, enrolling in the military, accessing housing and securing other financial supports.
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NDDU Statement following joint session speech
Tags: Federal | Public Opinion and Messaging | Advocacy | Member Publications | Partner Publications
Letter to Congress highlighting the importance of the programs supported by domestic spending and calling on them to work together with the President to protect these programs from further cuts and end sequestration. NDD United.
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HOW SHOULD JUSTICE POLICY TREAT YOUNG OFFENDERS?
Tags: National | Brain and Adolescent Development | General System Reform | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Evidence-Based Practices | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Research | Partner Publications
Research findings show that adolescents differ from adults in brain development and function, as well as behaviors. Current research identify differences in the brains of young adults, aged 18 to 21, indicating that they too may be immature in ways that are relevant to justice policy.
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NCCD Now: A Question of Evidence, Pt. 2
Tags: International | Risk Assessment and Screening | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
National Council on Crime and Delinquency board chair Chris Baird critiques several risk assessment models in a comprehensive report.
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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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ACLU FINDS PAROLE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR PRISONERS WHO COMMITTED SERIOUS CRIMES AS YOUTH
Tags: National | General System Reform | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
REPORT SHOWS PAROLE BOARDS FAILING TO RELEASE THESE PRISONERS, DESPITE YEARS OF REHABILITATION AND EVIDENCE THAT THEY POSE NO RISK TO SOCIETY
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Advocates Want Juvenile Justice Overhaul, Clash Over Direction
Tags: Virginia | Deinstitutionalization | Institutional Conditions | Advocacy | Reports | Partner Publications
Virginia, a state poised to set a national standard, is still bedeviled by some of the same problems seen in other states, thanks in part to an outdated national attitude that juvenile offenders only deserve punishment.
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New Report- Defend Children: A Blueprint for Effective Juvenile Defender Services
Tags: National | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | Web-Based Tools | Partner Publications
Details how children are arrested, prosecuted, and incarcerated without attorneys at their side. Youth, and disproportionately youth of color, are swept into a system that criminalizes normal childhood behavior and deliberately withholds rights and protections that children not only deserve, but are constitutionally entitled to receive.
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LESS CRIME FOR LESS MONEY
Tags: Massachusetts | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Family and Youth Involvement | General System Reform | Reports | Partner Publications
Police, district attorneys, and court personnel offer a discretionary and disparate array of programs and practices, with no statutory mandate or other support, It is critical to assess whether the programs we pay for are offered fairly or are effective.
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State and Federal Policy: Incarcerated youth
Tags: Federal | National | Aftercare/Reentry | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Partner Publications
Racial disparities among youth and barriers to education leads to improvements needed for policy reform surrounding academic outcomes.
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Promoting Positive Development: The Critical Need to Reform Youth Probation Orders
Tags: Federal | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Washington | General System Reform | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Reports | Partner Publications
Research discussing the fairness and effectiveness of placing children on probation. Outlines the most common failings of probation orders and offers suggestions for making them age-appropriate, legal, and targeted towards positive development instead of seeking blind compliance.
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The Harms of Juvenile Detention
Tags: Federal | Aftercare/Reentry | General System Reform | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
This infographic outlines the harms of juvenile detention on youth. Increased involvement in the justice system causes lack of access to education and poor mental health outcomes for youth.
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Righting Wrongs: The Five-Year Groundswell of State Bans on Life Without Parole for Children
Tags: Nevada | West Virginia | National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
Report from Campaign for Fair Sentencing of Youth highlights recent legislative reforms, some of the key stakeholders involved, and some of the lives impacted by these reforms.
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Prioitizing a Public Health Over a Punitive Approach: Responding to a Spike in Violent Crime in the District of Columbia, JPI
Tags: District of Columbia | Prevention | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Examines the response of District of Columbia officials to a rise in crime -- while endorsing a public health approach, they have not fully funded violence prevention efforts. (2016)
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Debtors' Prison for Kids? The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System, EXEC SUMMARY
Tags: Pennsylvania | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Fines and Fees | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Reports | Partner Publications
A report on the impact of juvenile court costs on youth and their families. The report was featured in a New York Times article (http://nyti.ms/2d2GR0c) and includes a companion microsite featuring interactive maps (http://bit.ly/2deF6cP).
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Debtors' Prison for Kids? The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System, JLC
Tags: Pennsylvania | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Fines and Fees | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Reports | Partner Publications
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Defining Violence: reducing incarceration by rethinking America’s approach to violence, JPI
Tags: National | General System Reform | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Victims | Administrative/Regulatory Policies | Reports | Partner Publications
To impact mass incarceration, this piece from the Justice Policy Institute urges rethinking how the justice system responds to violent crimes, starting with how these crimes and behaviors are defined, and how that affects prison populations.
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Crime Victims and Justice Reform - Fact Sheet from Justice Policy Institute
Tags: National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Public Opinion and Messaging | Victims | Partner Publications | Fact Sheets and Briefs
Some crime victim organizations are supporting an approach to violence prevention, sentencing and violent crime that offer new opportunities to build support for policy change, and there are new opportunities to expand funding for these approaches.
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Stemming the Rising Tide: Racial & Ethnic Disparities in Youth Incarceration and Strategies for Change (Burns Institute)
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Youth in the Adult System | Restorative Justice | Reports | Partner Publications
Report from Burns Institute documenting racial disparities trends in the juvenile justice system and recommending strategies to address the roots of racial inequities and allow youth of color a chance at restorative justice and greater well being.
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ISE for Youth: What Stakeholders Can Do to Transform Virginia' s Juvenile Justice System
Tags: Virginia | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Partner Publications
The report makes recommendations for how the Department of Juvenile Justice, the Task Force on Juvenile Correctional Centers, and the community can re-invest in supportive environments for youth.
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CYPM in Brief: Improving Educational Outcomes for Crossover Youth, CJJR
Tags: National | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Correctional Education | Partner Publications
Children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems face challenges in achieving positive educational outcomes. This brief discusses relationships between childhood maltreatment, delinquency, and educational outcomes; a model to address educational outcomes and case examples.
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Infographic: It Takes a Village - Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
Summary of brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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It Takes a Village: Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Tags: Connecticut | Illinois | Michigan | Nebraska | Nevada | Oregon | Brain and Adolescent Development | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
This brief from Vera Institute of Justice explores the community-focused work being done in Nevada, Connecticut, Nebraska, Michigan, Illinois, and Oregon to find productive responses to youth "acting out."
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The Prosecution of Youth as Adults: A County-Level Analysis of Prosecutorial Direct File in California and Its Disparate Impact on Youth of Color, Burns Institute
Tags: California | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
Joint report examining the prosecution of youth as adults in California finds: Prosecutors are increasingly using direct file despite plummeting youth crime; racial and ethnic disparities have grown; county-level disparities have led to an inequitable system of "justice-by-geography."
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Trial Defense Guidelines: Representing a Child Client Facing a Possible Life Sentence
Tags: National | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Partner Publications
The objective of these guidelines is to set forth a national standard of practice to ensure zealous, constitutionally effective representation for all juveniles facing a possible life sentence (“juvenile life”) consistent with the United States Supreme Court’s holding in Miller v. Alabama, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2469 (2012) that trial proceedings “take into account how children are different, and how those differences counsel against irrevocably sentencing [children] to a lifetime in prison.”
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Graduated Responses Toolkit: New Resources and Insights to Help Youth Succeed on Probation
Tags: National | General System Reform | Life Without Parole and Parole Issues | Evidence-Based Practices | Reports | Partner Publications
The Center for Children’s Law and Policy has prepared a new toolkit designed to help jurisdictions create an effective graduated response system or improve an existing system. The publication collects best practices and examples from jurisdictions around the country that have successfully reduced incarceration for technical violations of probation.
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Status Offenses: A National Survey
Tags: National | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
This brief examines existing status offense laws across the 50 states and the District of Columbia. It details the legislative label that each state applies to status offense behaviors, the types of behaviors that fall within that label, diversion options that are available in the case, possible outcomes following adjudication, and whether the state uses the valid court order (VCO) exception or a 24-hour hold for youth who are detained for status offense behaviors.3 This brief may be used by judges, advocates, and legislators to assess national trends and gather ideas for system reform.
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Future Interrupted: The Collateral Damage Caused by Proliferation of Juvenile Records
Tags: National | Confidentiality | Partner Publications
Juvenile records are increasingly available to the public through state police databases or private background check company databases. This Juvenile Law Center report demonstrates how records carry devastating collateral consequences when they remain unprotected and how background check companies sometimes provide inaccurate information.
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YTFG Blueprint for Youth Justice Reform - 2016
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Deinstitutionalization | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Family and Youth Involvement | General System Reform | Girls | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
The Youth Justice Work Group (YJWG) of the Youth Transition Funders Group (YTFG) envisions a youth justice system that fosters the healthy development and well-being of all children and youth by building upon their strengths, cultivating their relationships with caring adults, supporting their families and communities, and offering them age-appropriate opportunities for future success. We are committed to partnering with the broader community to promote restorative justice, safety, opportunity and positive outcomes for all young people. In order to achieve our vision, and in alignment with YTFG’s Youth Well-Being Framework, we recommend the following 10 Tenets for Youth Justice Reform.
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Zero Tolerance: How States Comply with PREA’s Youthful Inmate Standard
Tags: National | Institutional Conditions | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
This report explores how states house youth under 18 in prisons in the new age of PREA compliance and enforcement. Furthermore, this report highlights national trends in juvenile arrests, crimes, and incarceration of children in the adult system.
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Missed Opportunities: Preventing youth in the child welfare system from entering the juvenile justice system
Tags: National | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | General System Reform | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
Children pulled into the child welfare system are too often not afforded the kinds of stabilizing support systems that are essential for their healthy growth and well-being. We must seek interventions to prevent these “multi-system,” “dual-status” or “crossover” youth from entering the juvenile justice system. This review found that within the children welfare system, children who eventually had juvenile justice involvement had significantly different experiences from those who did not. These findings present opportunities to intervene, and incorporate different policies and programs that can prevent these children’s juvenile justice involvement.
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Juvenile Defense Policy and Practice Career Guide
Tags: National | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Partner Publications
The National Juvenile Defender Center's 2015 guide to careers in juvenile defense.
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School Discipline - Student Code of Conduct Tips and Examples - Advancement Project
Tags: California | Colorado | Maryland | Pennsylvania | National | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Partner Publications
Model conduct codes and tips from the Advancement Project for schools and advocates seeking to reform their school disciplinary policies to eliminate exclusionary discipline and address racial disparities. Examples from five states.
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Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequality in the Criminal Justice System
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports | Partner Publications
The criminal justice system’s high volume of contact with people of color is a major cause of African Americans’ disproportionate rate of fatal police encounters, as well as of broader perceptions of injustice in many communities. This briefing paper identifies four key features of the justice system that contribute to its disparate racial impact, and presents recent best practices for targeting these inequities drawn from adult and juvenile justice systems around the country. In many cases, these practices have produced demonstrable results.
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Trauma in Dual Status Youth: Putting Things In Perspective
Tags: National | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Research | Partner Publications
This article describes the state of our understanding of the prevalence of trauma-based behavior problems and considerations in designing agreed-upon best practices to identify them.
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Act-4-JJ Press Release: Bipartisan consensus on strengthening federal law to reduce incarceration, make state juvenile justice systems more fair, improve public safety
Tags: National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Status Offenses | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation | Media | Partner Publications
Act-4-JJ's press statement regarding the bill introduced on December 11, 2014 by Sens. Whitehouse and Grassley that would reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA).
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JJDPA Reauthorization Bill - Summary - December, 2014
Tags: Iowa | Rhode Island | National | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | Status Offenses | Youth in the Adult System | Legislation | Reports | Partner Publications
ACT-4-JJ summarizes the content of a bill that would reauthorize the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), introduced by Sens. Whitehouse and Grassley on December 11, 2014.
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Because Kids are Different: Five Opportunities for Reforming the Juvenile Justice System
Tags: National | Confidentiality | Institutional Conditions | Sex Offender Registries | Youth in the Adult System | Shackling | Partner 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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Recommendations to Improve Correctional and Reentry Education for Young People
Tags: National | Aftercare/Reentry | Brain and Adolescent Development | Institutional Conditions | Correctional Education | Reports | Partner Publications
The Juvenile Law Center offers these policy recommendations to improve education for youth in confinement and recently exiting confinement.
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Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures: A Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records
Tags: National | General System Reform | Reports | Partner Publications
Juvenile Law Center published this Scorecard to address the negative consequences that flow from the retention and dissemination of juvenile records, and to illustrate how states differ in their treatment of those records.
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Juvenile Records: A National Review of State Laws on Confidentiality, Sealing and Expungement
Tags: National | Confidentiality | Partner Publications
Public access to records of juvenile arrests, court proceedings and dispositions can impede successful transitions to adulthood for many youth, especially when these records remain available long after the youth’s involvement with the juvenile justice system has ended. These records can create obstacles for youth seeking employment, education, housing and other opportunities. This review provides an overview of how juvenile records are treated nationwide. In order to provide a comprehensive review, the authors surveyed state statutes, court rules, and case law governing the treatment of juvenile records in each jurisdiction. Because what is codified in law does not always reflect practice, the authors supplemented research, when possible, with interviews with practitioners.
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LGBTQ Youth of Color: Discipline Disparities, School Push-Out, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Tags: National | LGBTQ Youth | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
LGBT students are at an increased risk for verbal and physical harassment and assault, mental illness and suicide, harsh disciplinary policies that contribute to school push-out, etc. This study finds that schools are hostile spaces to many students of color.
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STATE TRENDS: Updates from the 2013-2014 Legislative Session
Tags: National | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
The Campaign for Youth Justice recently released this report highlighting the incredible work of advocates, families, youth, and policy makers to decrease the number of children entering into the adult criminal justice system.
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Close to Home: Strategies to Place Young People in Their Communities
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
This report from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency details ways in which juvenile justice advocates and practitioners can promote policies to keep youth in their communities and out of confinement facilities.
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Trauma and Resilience: A New Look at Legal Advocacy for Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
Tags: National | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Risk Assessment and Screening | Reports | Partner Publications
This report from the Juvenile Law Center sets forth key points about using research on trauma in advocacy for system-involved youth.
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Making the Case for Status Offense Systems Change: A Toolkit
Tags: National | Status Offenses | Media | Partner Publications
This toolkit from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice guides readers through talking points and arguments for reformers working on status offense systems change.
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NCCD Compares Juvenile Justice Risk Assessment Instruments: A Summary of the OJJDP-Funded Study
Tags: National | Risk Assessment and Screening | Reports | Partner Publications
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency provides an assessment and comparison of instruments used for risk assessment of system-involved youth.
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Innovation Brief: Avoiding and Mitigating the Collateral Consequences of a Juvenile Adjudication
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Reports | Partner Publications
This Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange talks about the impact of the stigma that follows youths after entering the juvenile justice system, even if it's their first and only time.
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Innovation Brief: Early Appointment of Counsel
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
In this Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange, the importance of having counsel present in the earliest stages of the court process for youths is stressed.
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Innovation Brief: Facilitating Health Care Coverage for Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
This Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange explains that when youths are placed into the juvenile justice system, and placed into a facility, they still have health and behavioral needs that must be met.
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Innovation Brief: Illinois’ JWatch Probation Data & Case Management System
Tags: Illinois | National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
This Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange, introduces a tool called JWatch, which allows for the exchanging and collecting of mass amounts of information concerning youth in conflict with the law.
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Innovation Brief: Judicial Colloquies: Communicating with Kids in Court
Tags: Washington | National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
MacArthur ModelsforChange Innovation Brief poses the issue of effectively communicating and getting through to youths who go enter the juvenile justice system, especially during the court process.
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Innovation Brief: Ogle County’s Juvenile Justice Council
Tags: Illinois | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
This Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange sheds light on Illinois's Juvenile Justice Council; its purpose to provide resources to youth and surrounding communities.
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Innovation Brief: The Cultural Enhancement Model for Evidence-Based Practice
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Partner Publications
MacArthur ModelsforChange presents an Innovation Brief that has ways to improve on evidence-based strategies to improve involvement of the community and clients.
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Innovation Brief: Using Community Truancy Boards to Tackle Truancy
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Reports | Partner Publications
This Innovation Brief by MacArthur ModelsforChange suggests how to confront the problem of truant youths through a school-oriented intervention.
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Using Community Truancy Boards to Tackle Truancy
Tags: Washington | Status Offenses | Partner Publications
In this study, Models for Change investigates the effectiveness of a community truancy board. The board's focus is on at-risk children, and deterring them from the juvenile justice system. The board provides solutions to each child to ensure he or she attends school regularly. Study results show that when children attend these community truancy board meetings, they are more likely to stay in school and graduate.
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Voices From the Field: Findings From the NGI Listening Sessions
Tags: National | Family and Youth Involvement | Girls | Positive Youth Development and Strengths-Based Programming | Partner Publications
The National Girls Institute (NGI) reveals information from listening sessions, which relay how effective their strategies with girls at risk or involved with the justice system have been. NGI's goal is to have the girls comfortable and at ease when working with the staff.
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Can Risk Assessment Improve Juvenile Justice Practices?
Tags: National | Risk Assessment and Screening | Research | Partner Publications
The MacArthur Foundation provides steps in identifying risk factors for delinquency. Research shows that past approaches for deterrence have actually increased the likelihood of youths becoming involved in the justice system. By learning to identify certain risk factors, children can avoid the juvenile justice system.
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Kids Without Counsel: Colorado's Failure to Safeguard Due Process for Children in Juvenile Delinquency Court
Tags: Colorado | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | Member Publications | Partner Publications
A collaboration between the National Juvenile Defender Center and the Colorado Juvenile Defense Coalition, this report exposes the gaping holes in access to counsel for Colorado's youth.
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Capital City Correction: Reforming DC's Use of Adult Incarceration Against Youth
Tags: District of Columbia | Youth in the Adult System | Member Publications | Partner Publications
This publication, a collaboration between DC Lawyers for Youth and the Campaign for Youth Justice, details Washington D.C.'s use of adult incarceration on young people and outlines arguments against the practice.
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Juvenile Defense Attorneys: A Critical Protection Against Injustice The Importance of Skilled Juvenile Defenders to Upholding the Due Process Rights of Youth
Tags: National | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | Partner Publications
This white paper from the National Juvenile Defenders Center, a member of the Models for Change Resource Center Partnership, details the role of the juvenile defender in the youth justice system.
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Unlocking Potential: Addressing the Overuse of Juvenile Detention in Massachusetts
Tags: Massachusetts | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Institutional Conditions | Reports | Partner Publications
This report from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice (an NJJN partner) discusses the high rate of incarceration of youth in Massachusetts. It details the number of youth incarcerated for minor and nonviolent offenses, as well as the broad racial and ethnic disparities observable in the state's youth incarceration rates.
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Girls, Status Offenses, and the Need for a Less Punitive and More Empowering Approach
Tags: National | Girls | Partner Publications
This report from the Coalition for Juvenile Justice describes the ways in which gendered expectations of girls lead to more arrests for status offenses than for boys, and summarizes approaches to dealing with girl status offenders that are effective and empowering and divert girls away from the court system.
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State Trends: Legislative Victories from 2005-2010, Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System
Tags: National | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
This publication from the Campaign for Youth Justice collects and summarizes legislative victories regarding the removal of youth from the adult criminal justice system from 2005-2010.
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State Trends: Legislative Victories from 2011-2013, Removing Youth from the Adult Criminal Justice System
Tags: National | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
This publication from the Campaign for Youth Justice collects and summarizes legislative victories regarding the removal of youth from the adult criminal justice system from 2011-2013.
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The State of America's Children - 2014 Report
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Physical Health | Reports | Partner Publications
The Children's Defense Fund's annual report detailing the current status of multiple issues that affect children, including juvenile justice and youth incarceration.
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National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Family and Youth Involvement | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
This publication from NJJN partner the Coalition for Juvenile Justice sets out principles and standards for responding to status offenses in the U.S.
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Alone and Afraid - Children Held in Solitary Confinement and Isolation in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities
Tags: National | Institutional Conditions | Reports | Partner Publications
This paper documents how solitary confinement, often referred to as room confinement in the juvenile facilities context, can cause extreme psychological, physical, and developmental harm. As the report makes clear, juvenile facilities have been locking kids in physical and social isolation for days, weeks, and even months. Our priority should be protecting kids, helping them grow into productive and healthy adults.
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Missouri: Justice Rationed, An Assessment of Access to Counsel and Quality of Juvenile Defense Representation in Delinquency Proceedings
Tags: Missouri | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
The National Juvenile Defender Center provides policy makers and juvenile defense leaders with the tools to identify system barriers to quality representation in delinquency proceedings, highlights best practices and provides recommendations for implementation strategies for improving Missouri's indigent defense delivery system.
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To Punish A Few: Too Many Youth Caught in the Net of Adult Prosecution
Tags: National | Brain and Adolescent Development | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
This 2007 report from the Campaign for Youth Justice highlights some of the consequences of prosecuting and detaining youth through the adult criminal justice system. The report explores the consequences of transfer for public safety, the costs of prosecuting youth as adults, the lengthy prison sentences faces by juveniles convicted as adults in states with strike laws, the developmental differences between children, teenagers and adults, the disproportionate representation of youth of color in both the adult and juvenile justice systems, and the incarceration of youth in adult detention facilities.
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Family Comes First: A Workbook to Transform the Justice System by Partnering with Families
Tags: National | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Family and Youth Involvement | Reports | Partner Publications
This report, released by the Campaign for Youth Justice, is the first comprehensive analysis of current family engagement and family partnership practices in juvenile justice systems across the country and provides practical tools and resources for juvenile justice system practitioners invested in undertaking a family-driven approach to juvenile justice.
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Common Ground: Lessons Learned from Five States that Reduced Juvenile Confinement by More than Half
Tags: Arizona | Connecticut | Louisiana | Minnesota | Tennessee | Deinstitutionalization | General System Reform | Reports | Partner Publications
Report looks closely at five states that did the most to reduce their juvenile incarceration rates between 2001 and 2010-- Connecticut, Arizona, Minnesota, Louisiana, and Tennessee. Looks at the common factors driving their success, and makes recommendations to the field and other states.
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Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Improved Outcomes for Youth Justice Policy Institute
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Reports | Partner Publications
A look at Connecticut’s juvenile justice system reforms shows how a culture change and major investments in evidence-based services turned a wasteful, punitive, ineffective, and abusive juvenile justice system into a national model, at no additional cost to taxpayers.
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Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Improved Outcomes for Youth Justice Policy Institute [Exec. Summ]
Tags: Connecticut | Community-Based Alternatives and Supervision | Deinstitutionalization | Detention | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | General System Reform | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Status Offenses | Partner Publications
A look at Connecticut’s juvenile justice system reforms shows how a culture change and major investments in evidence-based services turned a wasteful, punitive, ineffective, and abusive juvenile justice system into a national model, at no additional cost to taxpayers.
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Reducing Youth Incarceration in the United States: KIDS COUNT Data Snapshot
Tags: Deinstitutionalization | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Reports | Research | Partner Publications
KIDS COUNT data snapshot from the Casey Foundation finds the rate of young people locked up because they were in trouble with the law dropped more than 40 percent over a 15-year period, with no decrease in public safety, though racial disparities persist.
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National Juvenile Defense Standards from the National Juvenile Defender Center
Tags: Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Partner Publications
The National Juvenile Defense Standards represent a comprehensive understanding of the role and duties of the juvenile defender in the 21st century juvenile court system, and seek to strengthen and guide the ethical and professional performance of the juvenile defense attorney. The standards present a national approach to systematically achieving zealous, competent and diligent defense practice in juvenile court and set out a framework for representation that is anchored in the law, science, and professional codes of responsibility.
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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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Policy Reforms on Juvenile Justice: Successful Campaigns, Strategies, and Tactics
Tags: Public Opinion and Messaging | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
A slide presentation reviewing the state of youth incarcerated in adult facilities in the U.S.; reviews elements of successful campaigns to push legislative reform for these young people in the justice system.
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Keeping Youth Out of Adult Jails and Prisons: New Opportunities Through State Policy Changes and New Federal Regulations
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
This policy brief focuses on the major reasons why youth should be removed from adult facilities and provides recommendations for policy reforms, resources and next steps.
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Snapshot of National Organizations’ Policy Statements on Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
An overview of the major policy statements of juvenile and criminal justice system stakeholder groups and professional associations and examples of statements advancing removal of youth from adult jails and prisons and reducing the prosecution of youth in adult court.
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Youth in the Adult Criminal Justice System
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
This policy brief showcases the latest data about youth in the adult criminal justice system, key arguments for reform and recommendations for change.
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Your Guide to the Juvenile Justice System in Illinois
Tags: Illinois | Family and Youth Involvement | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Partner Publications
A know your rights pamphlet about the juvenile justice system targeting youth. Put together by the Children and Family Justice Center of Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University's School of Law and the Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Action Network of the Models for Change Initiative of the MacArthur Foundation.
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Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice (Executive Summary)
Tags: Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Family and Youth Involvement | General System Reform | Institutional Conditions | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
Executive summary of report from Justice for Families and DataCenter, based on more than 1,000 surveys and 24 focus groups with families of youth who have been in the justice system. The report shows the many ways justice systems have failed youth, families and communities and proposes solutions for transforming youth justice to help our youth succeed and keep our communities safe.
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Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice (full)
Tags: Family and Youth Involvement | General System Reform | Institutional Conditions | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Youth in the Adult System | Partner Publications
Report from Justice for Families and DataCenter, based on more than 1,000 surveys and 24 focus groups with families of youth who have been in the justice system. The report shows the many ways justice systems have failed youth, families and communities and proposes solutions for transforming youth justice to help our youth succeed and keep our communities safe.
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Working for a Better Future: How Expanding Employment Opportunities for D.C's Youth Creates Public Safety Benefits for All Residents
Tags: District of Columbia | General System Reform | Partner Publications
The Justice Policy Institute's report finds that youth employment is correlated to fewer referrals to the juvenile court.
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The Education of D.C.: How Washington D.C.'s investments in education can help increase public safety
Tags: District of Columbia | Prevention | School-to-Prison Pipeline | Partner Publications
Justice Policy Institute's Paul Ashton emphasizes the well-known importance of education and points to the correlation between education and public safety. He goes on to explain how more focus on the education of youth in Washington D.C. could mean more annual savings on crime-related expenses.
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Fighting Adam Walsh Act Legislation in Your State: Juvenile-Specific Factsheet and Update
Tags: Federal | Sex Offender Registries | Partner Publications
Brief newsletter that covers status of SORNA implementation; and areas of policy concern that can be harmful to youth in the justice system.
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Voices From the Field: Findings From the NGI Listening Sessions
Tags: Girls | Institutional Conditions | Reports | Partner Publications
“Voices From the Field: Findings From the NGI Listening Sessions” is a new report that provides insight into the experience of girls in the juvenile justice system, as well as those who care for them.
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Notorious to Notable: The Crucial Role of the Philanthropic Community in Transforming the Juvenile Justice System in Washington, D.C.
Tags: District of Columbia | General System Reform | Reports | Partner Publications
The report documents how multiple foundations worked together and with advocates to transform the D.C. juvenile justice system from one of the worst in the nation to a national model. Contains lessons learned; key strategies employed by funders included engaging other foundations, advocacy, strategic investments in programs, capacity building, and technical assistance.
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Juvenile Justice 101 Toolkit
Tags: Washington | Family and Youth Involvement | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Partner Publications
Juvenile Justice 101 is an project of the MacArthur Foundations Models for Change initiative. The toolkit is an interactive guide for how to implement the program in another jurisdiction.
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The Illinois Juvenile Defender Practice Notebook
Tags: Illinois | Juvenile Defense and Court Process | Reports | Partner Publications
Written by the Children and Family Justice Center of the Bluhm Legal Clinic at Northwestern University School of Law and the National Juvenile Defender Center, and funded by Models for Change, this notebook serves as a practical guide for juvenile defense attorneys in Illinois.
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The Consequences Aren't Minor, Campaign for Youth Justice
Tags: Youth in the Adult System | Reports | Partner Publications
Book highlighting the practice of trying youth as adults in the following states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Each chapter contains comprehensive information on the processes and policies that send youth to the adult criminal justice system, data on who is affected, and real-life examples of individual youth who have been personally affected by these laws.
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Cost-Effective Youth Corrections: Rationalizing the Fiscal Architecture of Juvenile Justice Systems
Tags: Deinstitutionalization | Fiscal Issues and Funding | Partner Publications
In this report, the Justice Policy Institute shares how states have restructured funding of their juvenile justice systems to keep youth close to their communities, reduce youth incarceration and reduce state spending.
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A Guide to Legal and Policy Analysis for Systems Integration
Tags: National | Crossover and Dual Jurisdiction Youth | Partner Publications
Reviews federal laws that apply to dual-status youth and provides instructions for improving cross-system coordination and services for these youth.
