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State Government Contacts

State Juvenile Justice Specialist:
Mr. Don Chronister
Juvenile Justice Authority
714 SW Jackson, Suite 300
Topeka, KS 66603
Phone: 785-296-4213
Email: dchronister@ksjja.org
Web Site: [Go to web site]

State Advisory Group Chair:
Mr. Ward Loyd
118 W. Pine Street
P.O. Box 834
Garden City KS, 67846
Phone: 620-275-1415
Email: loyd@gcnet.com

Publications and Web-Based Resources

Investigating Racial Disparity at the Detention Decision: The Role of Respectability, Don L. Kurtz, Travis Linnemann, and Ryan Spohn, Southwest Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 5, Number 2, 2008
Kansas Advisory Group to Study Programs to Reduce Bias in System, Kansas, S.B. 47, March 2006
Kansas Supreme Court Ruling Granting Juveniles Right to Jury Trial, In the Matter of L.M., 186 P.3d 184 (Kan. 2008), June 20, 2008.



Fast Facts
46 states authorize or require juvenile court judges to waive jurisdiction over individual cases involving minors, so as to allow prosecution in adult criminal courts. [more facts]


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