NJJN Resources http://www.njjn.org Ongoing feed of new resources from the National Juvenile Justice Network us-en © The National Juvenile Justice Network 2008-08-26 webmanager@njjn.org webmanager@njjn.org LWOP Coordinator Job Posting http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=DEwqLqYkjg_hMTmYvCWd Deadline: 9/30/08 Violence by Teenage Girls: Trends and Context http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=GRgntZttvpzTuBw8aDQO A new study from the Girls Study Group of the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention finds that "there is no burgeoning national crisis of serious violence among adolescent girls." While girls may be arrested more for simple assaults than previously, this is likely due to changes in enforcement policies, rather than changes in girls' behavior. A Medicaid Primer for Juvenile Justice Officials http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=fs3kspn5BUzIP1VLbaX2 Improving Access to Health Coverage for Transitional Youth http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=p9_SLuU8QuyjqsQ2rkGf Reform of the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center: Where We've Been, Where We Are, and Where We Go from Here http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=YmMNT_sBST4jqUZnYcLR A Tangled Web of Justice: American Indian and Alaska Native Youth in Federal, State, and Tribal Justice Systems http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=ij4wO7RqARnEX_KW1W2t Building on Strength: Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Programs http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=E_ORDo7S0jfcNZBwO2Va Changing Course: A Review of the First Two Years of Drug Transfer Reform in Illinois http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=wcuvF2iLXbyb87y6YKP9 NJJN member Illinois Juvenile Justice Initiatives (JJI) newly released report documents the positive effects of the rollback of Illinois drug transfer law. In the 1980s, Illinois adopted legislation that required 15- and 16-year-olds to be tried as adults for drug offenses within 1,000 feet of a school or public housing. Twenty years later, the Illinois General Assembly reversed the law, mandating that such cases originate in juvenile rather than adult court. JJI reports that while the numbers of youth automatically transferred to adult court declined by two-thirds after the new law was passed in 2005, there was no corresponding increase in juvenile caseloads, thus indicating that the new law did not have a detrimental effect on public safety. The report bolsters the case for further reform of transfer laws to introduce more flexibility, individualization and developmentally appropriate handling. Childish Behavior; Criminal Behavior http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=jvcB73FMeNEHoZQNad09 Help Closer to Home http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=gR4uwQWL5C8wGzdELAlQ JJDPA Reauthorization Editorials http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=YA7G4WJUCIpHnBgUHIsH Juvenile Justice Delinquency and Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2008 http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=ljwiRorKnNKFWX1M_8xq Juvenile Justice Reform: Realigning Responsibilities http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=Ru05oG2QB5Dt5w0dZlVD Juvenile Sex Offenders Marked for Life http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=N7NnEJ1UVCYPFfRtHjUq K.C. v. Nedelkoff http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=N8OqXu2OO66quqtY4y5N New York Safe Harbor for Exploited Children Act http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=zfWdIj4R3WrYtsggZ4ff No Chance to Make it Right http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=u7FUrIrL3CzQgzCloqyT Safe Harbor for Exploited Children Act http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=mSdPGP9pQf4iOfPjUfAn Thanks in part to the advocacy work of the New York Juvenile Justice Coalition, an NJJN member, both houses of the New York legislature unanimously passed the Safe Harbor Act in June. The bill now rests in the hands of Governor Paterson. If signed, the Act will treat girls under 15 as victims, rather than criminals, the first time they are arrested for prostitution. The girls will be classified as PINS (persons in need of supervision) and provided with community-based services such as safe houses and counseling. The Act brings New York state law in line with federal statutes, which treat foreigners who enter the U.S. in the clutches of sex traffickers as victims rather than criminals. Settlement of L.H. v. Schwarzenegger http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=KXyPlDewPqQacrGsphx2 State v. Greenberg http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=sm4wzG_5_I3b1D5C0DHo After a jurisdictional quagmire that arose in 2007 when the General Assembly passed an alleged money saving law to treat 17-year-olds as adults in criminal matters, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled that juveniles can only be referred to adult court after a probable cause hearing. While the law was repealed (after it became clear the presumptive cost savings were nonexistent), the repeal was not retroactive, which left about 500 youth who were charged as adults between July 1 and November 8, 2007. Unfortunately, cases for which final judgment has been entered are not subject to transfer, unless the convictions are vacated; those youth may, however, still seek post-conviction relief. Stopping the School to Jail Pipeline http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=CMECi0Py4tUJqhMFk4x1 Presentation on Juvenile Interrogations and Confessions: Advocacy Opportunities in an Age of Wrongful Convictions http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=FWpeitrR2z4zG2lv2bGI Redeploy Illinois - A Good Investment, FY 2009 Appropriations http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=PxtntMKS4E22dGoU3GtS Redeploy Illinois Statute http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=9tlZwkoGPpQy_GcTjKmE Redeploy Illinois Summary Sheet http://njjn.org/sps/go.cgi?c=QyPAwcwwWJBfEZBRr0Kt