This is a guide for planning, implementing, and operating a juvenile reentry court, whose purpose is to manage the reintegration of high-risk juvenile offenders into the community after their release from secure confinement or other…
This evaluation looked at case outcomes for child abuse and neglect cases that were randomly assigned to mediation and a comparison group of cases that were handled through the traditional hearing process and did not…
One of the fundamental purposes of Pennsylvania’s juvenile justice system is to develop ‘competencies’ in delinquent youth. This report articulates basic principles and identifies research-support practices, outcomes and measures for competency development that conform to…
This booklet is a tutorial or training guide to CMIS Pittsburgh, a report generator for dependency cases. The system is fed nightly by the Allegheny County Juvenile Court’s Scheduling System (IRMA) and the Children, Youth…
For over 30 years NCJJ has gathered and cataloged documents that address the unified family court concept. This bibliography provides descriptions of a wide range of documents that address family court history and theory as…
Presents information to help juvenile courts develop practical risk-screening instruments for use in classifying youth as an aid in program assignment. The Report compares the validity of several statistical methods for classifying risk and offers…
Published annually since 1926, Juvenile Court Statistics presents national estimates and detailed descriptions of the delinquency and status offense cases processed by juvenile courts. The text, figures, and tables describe the demographic characteristics of the…
Findings are presented on juvenile arrests as reported by local law enforcement officials to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program for 2003. Download Publication
Based on an analysis of reports from law enforcement agencies in 21 states for the years 1996 through 2000, this OJJDP Bulletin characterizes victim and offender attributes (e.g., age, gender, relationship) and law enforcement’s response…
This brief report highlights state variations in provisions governing court jurisdiction over juvenile traffic offenses. Download Publication
This NCJJ Snapshot compares how various states handle the issue of considering the safety of a victim or the public, in deciding whether to require pre-adjudication detention of a juvenile offender. Download Publication
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