This bulletin, part of the Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series, provides the latest overview of state transfer laws and practices and examines available state-level data on juveniles adjudicated in the criminal justice system.…
This bulletin, part of the Juvenile Offenders and Victims National Report Series, summarizes 2008 data from the biannual Juvenile Residential Facility Census (JRFC), which collects information about the facilities in which juvenile offenders are held…
This bulletin authored by the National Center for Juvenile Justice and published by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention presents 2009 statistics on juvenile arrests. U.S. law enforcement agencies made an estimated 1.9…
This document spotlights the efforts of three jurisdictions to improve outcomes for juvenile offenders returning to the community after completing a period of court-ordered placement. Two of the three programs featured – the Reentry Initiative…
Juvenile and Family Law Digest is produced monthly by the National Center for Juvenile Justice. The December 2010 issue highlights recently enacted laws and other information concerning domestic violence and pets or companion animals. It…
National Council of Juvenile Justice report on states with special custody and visitation provisions, a multi-state comparison. Download Publication
Over the years, the privacy of sealed juvenile delinquency records has eroded. In most states, specified Juvenile Court records cannot ever be sealed. This brief report highlights state variations in the sealing, expungement, or destruction…
This report briefly discusses the status of state laws and some statutory restrictions on juvenile detention in adult jails, such as sight and sound separation from adult inmates. Download Publication
This report briefly summarizes state provisions governing the sealing of juvenile court records. Download Publication
‘Once an Adult/Always an Adult’ provisions say that if a juvenile’s delinquency proceeding originated in or was transferred to criminal court then he or she is forever excluded from juvenile court jurisdiction. This brief report…
This report briefly highlights state variations in provisions governing the fingerprinting of juveniles. Download Publication
All states currently have laws that explain the goals of their juvenile justice systems. This brief report highlight state variations in these laws, and contains a map that shows the status of change legislation in…