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Little is known about youth who were previously placed in a detention facility and what factors predict a subsequent recidivism to placement.
The goal of this exploratory research was to hear from girls from the First Coast (Duval, Clay, Nassau, Baker, and St.
- PREA standards for juvenile facilities are divided into the following sections: Prevention Planning, Responsive Planning, Training and Education, Screening for Risk of Sexual Victimization and Abusiveness, Reporting, Official Response Following a Resident Report, Investigations, Discipline, Medical and Mental Care, Data Collection and Review, Audits, Auditing and Corrective Action, and State Compliance.
In 2010, South Carolina passed the Sentencing Reform Act, enacting comprehensive criminal justice reforms.
This brief, from the CSG Justice Center, is designed to help state and local officials better support young adults in the justice system.
- Together, the Prison Law Office and Stanislaus County developed the Girls Juvenile Justice Initiative (GJJI) in order to address the county’s lack of sex-responsive resources for justice-involved girls.
This website provides access to all reports released by the BJS related to juveniles involved in the justice system.
In 2012, Georgia passed comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation.
In this paper, [the authors] propose a different kind of criminal justice for young men and women.
Disability is an important intersectional identity in juvenile justice trends.
- The Practice Manual covers the key decision points in the juvenile justice system, from arrest to re-entry into the community after state commitment.
- This report evaluates the New York City-based Arches Transformative Mentoring program, finding that participation in the program reduces one-year felony reconviction by over two-thirds, and reduces two-year felony reconviction by over half, with especially profound impacts for the youngest program participants.