This publication explores what it takes to provide good aftercare, describes steps being taken to help jurisdictions throughout Pennsylvania to meet minimum aftercare standards, and profiles one local jurisdiction that is a model of excellence…
A brief review of state laws compelling inclusion of a juvenile sex offender in the state’s sex offender registry. Download Publication
This document has an editorial analysis of state laws addressing domestic violence and mediation in child custody and visitation cases. Download Publication
This brief report compares how various states handle the issue of jury trials in abuse, neglect, and dependency cases. Eleven states have case law that permits or requires a jury trial in these cases. The…
This report discusses Ohio’s juvenile courts’ need to improve their tracking tools for dependency matters/caseloads. The article also touches on why it can be expensive or difficult for juvenile courts to modify automated systems that…
This article analyzes proposed and newly-passed state legislation, as of 2004, concerning the sealing or expungement of juvenile court records. Download Publication
This report reviews recent case law on the effect of parental presence or action on the voluntariness of a juvenile’s confession. Download Publication
This report describes Philadelphia’s Program Development and Evaluation System (ProDES), a set of information-gathering and reporting arrangements for tracking delinquency program performance, and feeding it back to juvenile justice decision-makers and to the programs themselves.…
In this brief opinion piece from Juvenile and Family Justice Today, Hurst makes the point that ‘barring an unforeseeable turn of events, we are probably headed for another surge in criminal violence, especially by juveniles…
This report briefly highlights state variations in procedures for handling juvenile traffic offenses. Download Publication
This paper highlights promising court-based practices and programs that have the potential to address the difficult challenges posed by dual jurisdiction cases. It is an initial effort to present what juvenile courts are currently doing…
‘This article provides an overview of medical issues confronting juvenile offenders that should be considered when a juvenile becomes involved in the juvenile justice system.’ [article abstract] Download Publication