Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The June 2011 issue highlights recently enacted legislation concerning domestic violence. It also summarizes recent case law on various issues,…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The February 2011 issue highlights proposed legislation concerning domestic violence training, and concerning military families and child custody, child support,…
This position statement was released by the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) in response to the A&E television network’s decision to air “Beyond ‘Scared Straight,'” a reality TV show about teens being intimidated and…
This brief report highlights state variations in the application of domestic violence laws to juveniles. ‘Since the adoption of mandatory arrest policies and laws for responding to escalating incidents of family and domestic violence, many…
This report highlights findings from a study conducted by NCJJ that examines the prevalence of multi-system involvement among youth referred to the King County Juvenile Court on delinquency matters in 2006. The study found that…
The authors discuss their study of data from three states – collected to monitor compliance with the core requirements of the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (JJDP) Act – to see if violations show any…
In 2007, the Sweetwater Children’s Justice Project (CJP) invited the National Center for Juvenile Justice to conduct an initial analysis of the Third District Court’s juvenile court processing in child abuse and neglect cases, as…
This report briefly reviews state statutes providing a minimum age of criminal responsibility, below which juveniles cannot be tried in adult criminal court. Currently, 19 states have such statutes: Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho,…
‘Every U.S. state distinguishes between juveniles and adults. Every state maintains one court and correctional system for juveniles, and another for adults. And every state sets limits upon eligibility for juvenile handling — boundaries where…
The authors discuss the unwarranted support for “Scared Straight!” types of delinquency prevention or intervention programs. This article appeared in the Spring 2011 issue of Juvenile and Family Justice Today. Download Publication
This article reviews the efforts at recent national forums to renew and reinvigorate the progress of community restorative justice. One effort to facilitate collaboration and resource and information-sharing for the field is a Web-based National…
Describes delinquency cases handled between 1985 and 2008 and petitioned status offense cases handled between 1995 and 2008 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction. Courts with juvenile jurisdiction may handle a variety of matters, including…