Definition: While similar to that of the adult criminal justice system in many ways—processes include arrest, detainment, petitions, hearings, adjudications, dispositions, placement, probation, and reentry—the juvenile justice process operates according to the premise that youth are fundamentally different from adults, both in terms of level of responsibility and potential for rehabilitation. The primary goals of the juvenile justice system, in addition to maintaining public safety, are skill development, habilitation, rehabilitation, addressing treatment needs, and successful reintegration of youth into the community.
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This report provides a clear blueprint for closing youth prisons and replacing them with community-based juvenile justice services.
- The goal of JJRRI was to bring evidence and best practices to bear on juvenile justice operations.
- In the interest of protecting girls from potentially volatile home situations or reducing possible exposure to violence or sexual abuse—and many have a history of forced sexual contact—the county’s report found they were sending these girls to the detention center.
- This report is intended to offer a description of a trauma-informed juvenile justice diversion approach with examples of how some states are beginning to address and implement trauma-informed systems of care for youth and their families.
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) have been identified as a key risk factor for a range of negative life outcomes, including delinquency. Much less is known about how exposure to negative experiences relates to continued offending among juvenile offenders.
- This report will explore the process states took to raise their age of juvenile jurisdiction, and show how acts of legislation were part of a process to make the juvenile justice system more effective, fairer, and focused on keeping youth safe as they transition to adulthood (p. 14).
- The author examines the role that developmental science, and, especially, developmental neuroscience, has played in this policy transformation.
In these records you will find the most recent and the most authoritative articles on the topics, people and events that are shaping the criminal justice conversation.
This report summarizes psychological and neuroscientific evidence from 26 peer-reviewed studies.
In five years, the Close to Home Initiative has transformed the experience of youth who come into contact with the justice system in New York City.
EZACO gives users quick access to State and county juvenile court case counts for delinquency, status offense, and dependency cases.
- This literature review will focus on the scope of mental health problems of at-risk and justice-involved youths; the impact of mental health on justice involvement as well as the impact of justice involvement on mental health; disparities in mental health treatment in the juvenile justice system; and evidence-based programs that have been shown to improve outcomes for youths with mental health issues (p. 1)