Researchers used state-level data on youth justice policies and practices to explore the association between state policy environments and recent changes in the use of residential placements for adjudicated youth (i.e., confinement). The study assigned a score to each of the 50 states based on the extent to which their youth justice policy environments could be considered progressive as opposed to punitive or regressive. Using data from the National Center for Juvenile Justice\u27s compendium of justice system characteristics, Juvenile Justice, Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics (JJGPS), the research team created an index that accounts for 16 policies that are more or less progressive in terms of rehabilitative intent, compatibili...
John Jay College conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. by compa...
The prevalence of crime has been of great concern to policymakers for decades, with many factors bei...
This Article examines the soundness of the new family and community based juvenile justice system. P...
Researchers used state-level data on youth justice policies and practices to explore the association...
The youth justice system in the United States has always depended on nongovernmental organizations t...
FBI crime data show a decline in juvenile incarceration while placement patterns have not changed si...
The largest increases in juvenile placements were seen in cases involving obstruction of justice, si...
According to juvenile court data, the number of formally handled juvenile cases, as well as out-of-h...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
During the last decade, custody rates for youth in the US have declined significantly. This Focus de...
Though it may seem that transferring youth to criminal court should lower youth violent crime, this ...
Presently, juvenile justice is widely acknowledged as being in a state of flux in the United States....
A growing body of research demonstrates that for many juvenile offenders, lengthy out-of-home placem...
Youth incarceration rates have changed dramatically over the past 10 years . Following two decades o...
This reports finds that The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) model has proliferated...
John Jay College conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. by compa...
The prevalence of crime has been of great concern to policymakers for decades, with many factors bei...
This Article examines the soundness of the new family and community based juvenile justice system. P...
Researchers used state-level data on youth justice policies and practices to explore the association...
The youth justice system in the United States has always depended on nongovernmental organizations t...
FBI crime data show a decline in juvenile incarceration while placement patterns have not changed si...
The largest increases in juvenile placements were seen in cases involving obstruction of justice, si...
According to juvenile court data, the number of formally handled juvenile cases, as well as out-of-h...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
During the last decade, custody rates for youth in the US have declined significantly. This Focus de...
Though it may seem that transferring youth to criminal court should lower youth violent crime, this ...
Presently, juvenile justice is widely acknowledged as being in a state of flux in the United States....
A growing body of research demonstrates that for many juvenile offenders, lengthy out-of-home placem...
Youth incarceration rates have changed dramatically over the past 10 years . Following two decades o...
This reports finds that The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) model has proliferated...
John Jay College conducted a quasi-experimental evaluation of Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. by compa...
The prevalence of crime has been of great concern to policymakers for decades, with many factors bei...
This Article examines the soundness of the new family and community based juvenile justice system. P...