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11/25/15
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Measuring Subsequent Offending in Juvenile Probation

This StateScan publication is the 6th in a series that distills important knowledge from National Center for Juvenile Justice’s new Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website. The authors organize results from an online…

11/25/15
Technical Assistance Bulletin
Juvenile Competency Procedures

This is the 1st in a new series intended to support National Center for Juvenile Justice’s Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website development effort. The first StateScan publication released for the project addresses…

11/01/15
Report
When Systems Collaborate: How Three Jurisdictions Improved their …

When Systems Collaborate (19 pages) provides case studies of three jurisdictions trying to coordinate information and services to youth with dual-status in both the juvenile justice and child welfare systems. The jurisdictions were selected based…

11/01/15
Report
Placement and Delinquency Trajectories of Youth with Active Juven…

This is the final research brief in a series conducted as part of NCJJ’s work in the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change systems reform in the juvenile justice initiative. The research brief (8 pages) examines…

11/01/15
Report
The Number of Juveniles in Residential Placement Continued to Dec…

NCJJ and OJJDP recently introduced a Data Snapshot series to disseminate current research about youth in the juvenile justice system. Each one-page Snapshot focuses on a specific topic (e.g., juveniles in residential placement) and highlights…

10/31/15
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 1

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Do punitive policies directed at disruptive students affect other students in the school? Is…

10/31/15
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 2 Issue 3

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. When members of the public say that they want harsh penalties for youths, what…

10/31/15
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 3 Issue 2

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Does attending an ‘advantaged’ school affect all students equally? What kinds of drug treatment…

10/31/15
Report
Criminological Highlights: Children and Youth, Volume 2 Issue 4

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting criminological research that is currently being published. Does formal court processing of young offenders reduce recidivism? What factors influence members of…

10/31/15
Report
Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Justice Services

This StateScan publication is the 4th in a series that distills important knowledge from NCJJ’s new Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website. The author, Andrew Wachter, organizes results from a 51-jurisdiction survey that…

10/31/15
Report
Measuring Subsequent Offending in Juvenile Probation

This StateScan publication is the 6th in a series that distills important knowledge from NCJJ’s new Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website. The authors organize results from an online search for available state-level…

10/31/15
Report
Indefensible: The Lack of Juvenile Defense Data

This StateScan publication is the 5th in a series that distills important knowledge from NCJJ’s new Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics website. The author, Andrew Wachter, organizes results from an online search for…