This brief report highlights state variations in statutes and/or court rules that permit or require juvenile delinquency hearings to be open to the general public.
The COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on the policies, procedures, and data collection activities of juvenile courts relating to the referrals and processing of youth. Mitigation efforts such as stay-at-home orders and school closures impacted…
With funding from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) developed the Implementation Sites Project to assist juvenile and family courts to integrate…
Juvenile justice system professionals are often unaware of or misinterpret the circumstances of commercially sexually exploited youths. As a result, many victims of sexual exploitation are criminalized instead of being diverted to appropriate resources and…