Currently, all states have enacted a version of “Megan’s Law,” which requires convicted criminal sex offenders to register with the police, and permits community notification of the offender. However, not all states apply their registration…
The author discusses the inadequacy of the IJA-ABA Joint Commission on Juvenile Justice’s 1976 Standards, the adultification of juvenile offenders, and suggests that an adversarial process in juvenile justice is fundamentally unfair. Download Publication
This brief report, updated for 2006, highlights variations in state provisions governing required notice to school if a student is involved with law enforcement or juvenile court for committing a delinquent act. Download Publication
This Bulletin offers a number of examples of promising practices and programs that can help courts expedite case processing of non-detained delinquency cases, by far the largest group of cases referred to juvenile courts, and…
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.…