This publication examines the connection between structured decision-making instruments and the characteristics of best practices in treatment programs for juvenile offenders. This bulletin introduces a prototype instrument, the Standardized Program Evaluation Protocol (SPEP), which itemizes the characteristics of effective programs. This bulletin is a valuable tool for both the practitioner and the researcher.
Judges and court professionals involved in child welfare court improvement efforts will benefit from the Judicial, Court, and Attorney Measures of Performance (JCAMP), a new tool for measuring court practices and performance in child welfare…
The National Center for Juvenile Justice has released a catalog of dependency case management reports. The catalog assembles examples NCJJ has developed in juvenile courts over the past thirty years that can be used to…
In 2021, juvenile courts in the United States handled 437,300 delinquency cases that involved youth charged with criminal law violations, 13% less than the number of cases handled in 2020. From 2005 through 2021, the…