The National Juvenile Justice Network has a number of focal areas for its work with its state-based members. 

Raise the Mininum Age

Over half the states in this country have failed to set a bare minimum age at which you can prosecute a child in court. NJJN calls on all states to set a minimum age of prosecution of no lower than 14-years-old in accordance with the standards set forth by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).  Click here for resources to help you in your efforts to establish or raise your state’s minimum age for prosecuting children. Click here to learn more.

Ending For Profit Youth Prisons

 

Juvenile Justice Resource Hub

The National Juvenile Justice Network has partnered with the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (JJIE.org) to launch an online resource called the Juvenile Justice Resource Hub. The hub pulls together information and resources to provide a high-quality overview of key issues in juvenile justice, strategies for change, and resources that include research, toolkits, and links to national experts. It can be found at http://jjie.org/hub.

Victims in the Juvenile Justice Reform Movement (2014)

Youth in trouble with the law and people who have been victims of crime are often seen -- mistakenly -- to be at odds. Effective reform of the juvenile justice system cannot happen unless we ensure the fair and humane treatment of both youth who have committed offenses and those who have been harmed by the acts of others. Learn more.

Right-sizing Juvenile Justice (2013)

Over the past several years, many states across the country have dramatically reduced the number of youth held in secure facilities. Some states have achieved these reductions by downsizing existing populations in secure facilities; others have shuttered entire institutions. While the population reduction is noteworthy in and of itself, it has been accompanied by some additional powerful data. Learn more.