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  • Common Ground: Lessons Learned from Five States that Reduced Juvenile Confinement by More than Half

    This report is for anyone interested in the challenges associated with incarcerated youth.

  • Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Have Improved Public Safety and Outcomes for Youth

    “Perhaps more than any other state, Connecticut has absorbed the growing body of knowledge about youth development, adolescent brain research and d

  • Bail Reform Update, 2013

    This brief presents information regarding pretrial and bail reform during 2013.

  • Defining Violence: Reducing Incarceration by Rethinking America's Approach to Violence

    This report "analyzes how behaviors are categorized under sometimes-arbitrary offense categories, explores the larger context that exists when some