This website provides access to all reports released by the BJS related to juveniles involved in the justice system.
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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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.
The goal of this exploratory research was to hear from girls from the First Coast (Duval, Clay, Nassau, Baker, and St.
- The Practice Manual covers the key decision points in the juvenile justice system, from arrest to re-entry into the community after state commitment.
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.
- 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 [90 minute] webinar discusses how data can be used to help identify racial and ethnic disparities in the juvenile and criminal justice systems, determine the best course of action to address disparities, and track progress toward reduction goals.
- 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.
- The key theme that emerged from JPI’s convening of stakeholders to discuss better ways of working with young adults, is that if a more effective and targeted approach to this population can be developed, it would help reduce the use of incarceration for the 400,000-plus 18 to 24-year-olds estimated to be in prison or jail, without compromising public safety (p. 24).
Disability is an important intersectional identity in juvenile justice trends.