The U.S. juvenile justice system has relied far too heavily on incarceration, for far too long. The recent de-incarceration trend provides a unique opportunity to implement responses to delinquency that are more cost-effective and humane, and that provide better outcomes for youth, their families and communities. The Annie E. Casey Foundation's work -- including the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) and our recent publication, No Place for Kids -- suggests approaches that can improve the chances of success for young people who become involved with the justice system
This policy brief looks at the consequences of detention on young people, their families, and commun...
In its 2011 report, "No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration," the Annie E. ...
An inability to reconcile society\u27s need for protection from juvenile crime with the use of nonpu...
Youth incarceration rates have changed dramatically over the past 10 years . Following two decades o...
Underlying the juvenile court system are two competing philosophies of justice which have taken pred...
Twenty-first century juvenile justice jurisprudence has focused on the criminal responsibility of ad...
Over the past two decades, the number of young people in youth prisons in United States has quietly ...
America appears to be in the midst of a crisis of violence among the nation's youth that requires th...
The juvenile justice system is beset by major societal forces and does not lack for critics. Several...
During the last decade, custody rates for youth in the US have declined significantly. This Focus de...
Juvenile incarceration in the United States is, at first glance, distinctly different from its adult...
The prevalence of crime has been of great concern to policymakers for decades, with many factors bei...
Summarizes the core strategies of Casey's juvenile detention reform initiative, as well as results f...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
A growing body of research demonstrates that for many juvenile offenders, lengthy out-of-home placem...
This policy brief looks at the consequences of detention on young people, their families, and commun...
In its 2011 report, "No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration," the Annie E. ...
An inability to reconcile society\u27s need for protection from juvenile crime with the use of nonpu...
Youth incarceration rates have changed dramatically over the past 10 years . Following two decades o...
Underlying the juvenile court system are two competing philosophies of justice which have taken pred...
Twenty-first century juvenile justice jurisprudence has focused on the criminal responsibility of ad...
Over the past two decades, the number of young people in youth prisons in United States has quietly ...
America appears to be in the midst of a crisis of violence among the nation's youth that requires th...
The juvenile justice system is beset by major societal forces and does not lack for critics. Several...
During the last decade, custody rates for youth in the US have declined significantly. This Focus de...
Juvenile incarceration in the United States is, at first glance, distinctly different from its adult...
The prevalence of crime has been of great concern to policymakers for decades, with many factors bei...
Summarizes the core strategies of Casey's juvenile detention reform initiative, as well as results f...
Recent research shows that the human brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, with the pre...
A growing body of research demonstrates that for many juvenile offenders, lengthy out-of-home placem...
This policy brief looks at the consequences of detention on young people, their families, and commun...
In its 2011 report, "No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration," the Annie E. ...
An inability to reconcile society\u27s need for protection from juvenile crime with the use of nonpu...