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…
This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on petitioned delinquency cases waived to criminal court between 1985 and 2008. The number of delinquency cases judicially waived peaked in 1994…
This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases resulting in probation in 2008. Probation supervision was the most severe disposition in 34 percent of all delinquency cases.…
This Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Fact Sheet presents statistics on delinquency cases handled in U.S. juvenile courts between 1985 and 2008. From 1985 through 1997, the number of delinquency cases handled…