This brief report highlights state variations in public access to abuse/neglect/dependency hearings. Download Publication
This paper describes the features and preliminary findings of a study entitled ‘Pathways to Desistance,’ which is examining how, why, and under what circumstances the nature and frequency of crimes differ by age group, with…
This report reviews the status of new statutory emancipation laws and procedures in Utah and Georgia. Download Publication
This brief report highlights state provisions that prevent juvenile court records from being sealed. Download Publication
This brief report summarizes state provisions allowing probation to be used as a form of disposition in the case of adjudicated status offenses. Probation is associated with delinquency, and considered a serious disposition for status…
This article describes a Pennsylvania statute governing the right of access to firearms in the context of domestic violence cases. Download Publication
This edition of the Ohio Bulletin reprints the Executive Summary of the Ohio State Court Improvement Program Reassessment and its recommendations… In addition, there is a section highlighting the three Ohio Model Court Sites…, which…
This report focuses on concerns in Ohio about attorney representation for children and families, particularly practice standards, compensation and support services for attorneys, training programs in juvenile and family law, and law school recruitment programs.…
This brief report, updated for 2005, highlights state variations in statutes and/or court rules that permit or require juvenile delinquency hearings to be open to the public. Download Publication
This article describes new Pennsylvania juvenile court rules (effective February 1, 2007) that apply uniform procedures to all phases of dependency cases that enter the state court system. Download Publication
This brief report, updated for 2005, summarizes state provisions allowing or requiring a jury trial in termination of parental rights cases. Only seven states have either statutes or case law providing for a jury trial.…
This brief report, updated for 2006, highlights state variations in statutes making the reports and records of child abuse and neglect confidential. Download Publication