Juvenile Justice

Recognizing National Youth Justice Action Month

The National Governors Association is celebrating National Youth Justice Action Month this October. During this period, we recognize the actions taken by states to support system-involved youth. This includes Governors’ Offices from across the country that have championed and adopted … Read More

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BROKEN PROMISES: FUTURES DENIED

WHAT’S IN THIS BOOK? This report shines a light on the harsh, harmful practices Juvenile Law Center youth advocates have experienced in placement facilities in Pennsylvania as well as their recommendations for change. The first edition of this publication, Broken … Read More

NDAA Juvenile Prosecution Principles and Guidelines

Purpose These policy positions were developed to strengthen and support the work of juvenile prosecution. They are designed to be read in conjunction with NDAA’s National Prosecution Standards, Fourth Edition (2023), Section V, Juvenile Justice. While every state has its … Read More

Using Strength And Challenges To Measure Youth Well-Being

WHAT IS STRENGTH-BASED MEASUREMENT? A Land­scape Scan includes back­ground on the move­ment toward adopt­ing more strength-based approach­es in the field of psychology. Tra­di­tion­al­ly, researchers have focused on the neg­a­tive forces youth face. This is a holdover from health research, built around mit­i­gat­ing … Read More

Learn The Basics Of Juvenile Justice

UNDER­STAND­ING JUVE­NILE JUSTICE JUVE­NILE DETENTION DIVER­SION, RESTORA­TIVE JUS­TICE AND YOUTH PROBATION READ MORE

Exploring the Effects of Maltreatment and Child Welfare System Experiences on Juvenile Justice Involvement

This dissertation examines the effect of maltreatment and child welfare experiences on juvenile justice involvement. Using a broad sample of youth who have been involved with probation and the advanced causal inference method of Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (TMLE) and … Read More

Promising Practice: Pre-Arraignment Diversion for Emerging Adults

Executive Summary In this report, we collate a set of promising practices to support the implementation of pre-arraignment diversion programs for emerging adults. Emerging adults are roughly between 18-25 years of age and are uniquely situated between the developmental stages … Read More

Why Youth Incarceration Fails: An Updated Review of the Evidence

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Though the number of youth confined nationwide has declined significantly over the past two decades, our country still incarcerates far too many young people. It does so despite overwhelming evidence showing that incarceration is an ineffective strategy for … Read More

Application Call: Join Casey’s Juvenile Justice Applied Leadership Network

ABOUT ALN ALN is root­ed in Casey’s Results Count® lead­er­ship devel­op­ment approach and seeks to equip lead­ers with the skills and strate­gies need­ed to advance pow­er­ful, mea­sur­able and equi­table results on behalf of young peo­ple who are fac­ing steep bar­ri­ers to suc­cess. The program’s … Read More

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children© (NCMEC), serves as an information clearinghouse and national resource center on issues related to victims, missing and exploited children and operates a national toll-free hotline. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention … Read More