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Juvenile
Residential Facility Census,
2002: Selected Findings Desktop
Guide to Good Juvenile Detention
Practice - Constitutes the principal
product of the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention's
Juvenile Justice Personnel Improvement
Project. It is intended to serve
as a useful aid in enhancing the
quality and effectiveness of juvenile
detention. National Juvenile Detention
Association Center for Research
and Professional Development Michigan
State University
The
National Youth Court Center (NYCC)
at the
American
Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
serves as a central point of contact
for youth court programs across the nation.
The NYCC was created by the Office of
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
(OJJDP).
Office
of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention The
National Juvenile Court Data Archive:
Collecting Data Since 1927 Collects,
stores, and analyzes data about young
people referred to US Courts for delinquency
and status offenses. Juvenile and family
courts across the country voluntarily
provide the Archive with information
about the juveniles involved in delinquency
and status offense cases, the reasons
for their referral to court, and the
court's response. Every year, data on
more than 800,000 new juvenile court
cases are contributed to the Archive
by jurisdictions containing 67% of the
US juvenile population.
Coordinating
Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention - No corner of America
is safe from increasing levels of criminal
violence, including violence committed
by and against juveniles. Parents are
afraid to let their children walk to
school alone. Children hesitate to play
in neighborhood playgrounds. The elderly
lock themselves in their homes, and innocent
Americans of all ages find their lives
changed by the fear of crime.
The
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice -
A private nonprofit organization whose
mission is to reduce society's reliance
on incarceration as a solution to social
problems.
National
Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA)
exists to advance juvenile detention
services through the improvement of the
juvenile justice profession.
Access
to Juvenile Courts - This recent
increase in violent crimes committed
by juveniles has caused a shift from
goals of rehabilitation to those of retribution
and deterrence. Many states have opened
juvenile proceedings to the public when
a minor is charged with a violent crime
that incites community outrage.
Psychiatric
Disorders Common Among Detained Youth Among
teens in juvenile detention, nearly 2/3rds
of boys and nearly 3/4 of girls have
at least one psychiatric disorder. These
rates place detained teens on a par with
those at highest risk, such as maltreated
and runaway youth. Archives of General
Psychiatry. Can
Prevention
Programs stem the Tide Of Delinquency? The US has a problem
with juvenile violence. The concern focuses
on punishment and very little on prevention
or intervention. The US is the world
leader in incarceration. juvenilejustice.com
Juvenile
Injustice Lax oversight. Wasted grant
money. Overmedication
of kids. Sexual abuse. Are problems plaguing
the juvenile justice system which has
jurisdiction over 12,000 local minors.
Beyond
the Walls - Change juvenile justice
laws to include more transfers of youth
to adult court, mandatory minimum sentences,
and more incarceration, which exacerbate
the unlawful conditions .Subjecting youth
to abusive, unlawful conditions increases
violence, recidivism and propels children
into the adult criminal justice system,
and the community that will receive them
after release.
Juveniles
Prosecuted in State Criminal Courts -
State statutes, usually based on age
criteria, define a juvenile under the
original jurisdiction of the juvenile
court system. In 37 States and DC, those
under 18 charged with a law violation
are considered juveniles. In 10 States
the upper limit is age 16, and in 3 States,
the upper limit is 15. Numerous exceptions
permit a prosecutor to proceed against
a juvenile as an adult in criminal court.
Ethical
Treatment for All Youth documents
how children and teenagers are severely
stigmatized by a label that allows adults
to do things to them that would be considered
abusive and unethical in any other context
with little knowledge by the general
public. Parents of the youth are too
embarrassed or fearful to discuss it.
Mental
Health Issues and Juvenile Justice -
1 out of 5 youth in the juvenile justice
system has serious mental health problems.
View
the conference online .Access
to Juvenile Courts -- The increase
in violent crimes committed by juveniles
has caused a shift from rehabilitation
to retribution and deterrence. Many states
open juvenile proceedings to the public
when a violent crime incites community
outrage.
When
a child kills, does he instantly become
an adult? Or does he maintain some
trappings of childhood, despite the gravity
of his actions?
Should
juveniles be treated as adults? How
Juveniles Get to Criminal Court
Female
Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System -
The relative growth in juvenile arrests
involving females was more than double
the growth for males 1989 - 1993. Juvenile
arrests for violent crime increased 33%
for males, they increased 55% for females.
The ratio of male juvenile arrests to
female juvenile arrests declined from
8 to 1 in 1989 to 6 to 1 in 1993.
"Something's
bound to go wrong" -- A boy who played
games with justice couldn't outrun the
cost of defiance.
Crime
school Does prosecuting teenagers
as adults make society safer?
Four
kids, four crimes. Two were sent
to adult court, two treated as juveniles.
The
New Face of Juvenile Justice - Marquese
has been stealing since he was 12. Jose
took part in a deadly brawl. Manny and
a gang brutally attacked a family. Shawn
stabbed his father. They were all under
18, should they be tried as adults?
A
14-year-old boy sent to a "tough
love" boot camp to learn confidence
and self-respect died. Martin Lee Anderson
died in January 2006, a day after entering
a boot camp in Florida, from suffocation.
Director
Convicted In Camp Death CBS News
The
Debate on Boot Camp for Kids CNN
Transcripts
Kids
were kicked, beat, and punched Arizona
Republic
Tracking
delinquent children sentenced to
state facilities. Charles, 13, with the
IQ of a 5-year-old, was handcuffed and
taken to the state's most secure lockup
for ringing a doorbell. Christopher Rapier,
is a likeable boy whose life was spent
battling good and evil -- with little
help from his family or the state.
Children
have been physically and sexually abused,
hog-tied and forced to sleep on floors
next to waste from overflowing commodes.
Lionel
Tate, 12, imitating professional
wrestlers when he killed his playmate,
Tiffany Eunick, 6, was sentenced to life
in prison without parole.
Nathaniel
Brazill, 14, was convicted of 2nd-degree
murder for the killing of his English
teacher, Barry Grunow. Story of the sixth-grader
who became the youngest American tried
as an adult for murder. Nathaniel, who
shot a teenager and claimed the killing
was accidental, launched a debate between
those who saw his treatment as inhumane
and those who said killers of any age
must pay for their actions. Includes
an interview with Abraham's mother.
When
A Child Kills - American Justice Latino
and Latina Youth in the US Justice System Building
Blocks for Youth is
an alliance of children's
advocates, researchers, law enforcement professionals
and community organizers that seeks to protect
minority youth in the justice system and promote
rational justice policies.
The
Youth Law Center is a public interest
law firm that works to protect children in
the nation's foster care and juvenile justice
systems from abuse and neglect.
Office
of Juvenile
Justice & Delinquency
Prevention Coordinating
Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention
The
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice -
A private nonprofit organization whose mission
is to reduce reliance on incarceration.
National
Juvenile Detention Association (NJDA)
exists to advance juvenile detention services
through improvement of the juvenile justice
profession. The Association strives to promote
adequate detention services for juveniles.
Reclaiming
America's Kids travels to communities
working to keep troubled youth from becoming
lifetime wards of the justice system: Boston,
Massachusetts; Fort Worth, Texas; and Richmond,
California.UK - How
tags make offenders toe the line:
The hard-core teens who now stay out
of jail - and out of trouble. UK - Inspector's
report on Dartmoor prison (pdf)
Bob
Beamon, Olympic gold medallist, began
getting in serious trouble at the age
of 9. So did Claude Brown, author of "Manchild in the Promised
Land," the 1960s classic memoir. San
Francisco District Atty. Terrence Hallinan
was banished from Marin County at the
age of 17. cjcj
Reclaiming
America's Kids travels to communities
working to keep troubled youth from becoming
lifetime wards of the justice system:
Boston, Massachusetts; Fort Worth,
Texas; and Richmond, California.
Female
Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System --
Prepared by the National Center for Juvenile Justice,
research division of the National Council of Juvenile
and Family Court Judges, and was Support ed by
cooperative agreement from the Office of Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention OJJDP, and US
Department of Justice.
The
National Juvenile Court Data Archive: -- Collects,
stores, and analyzes data about young people referred
to US Courts for delinquency and status offenses.
Coordinating Council on Juvenile
Justice and Delinquency Prevention National
Juvenile Justice Action Plan presents strategies
to reduce violence and victimization. They are
creating opportunities for youth to take part in
community-building activities.
Access
to Juvenile Courts -- The increase in violent
crimes committed by juveniles has caused a shift
from rehabilitation to retribution and deterrence.
Many states open juvenile proceedings to the public
when a violent crime incites community outrage.
When
a child kills, does he instantly become an adult?
Or does he maintain some trappings of childhood,
despite the gravity of his actions? UK -
How
tags make offenders toe the line:
The hardcore teens who now stay out of
jail - and out of trouble. UK - Inspector's
report on Dartmoor prison (pdf)
Building
Blocks for Youth is an alliance
of children's advocates, researchers,
law enforcement professionals and
community organizers that seeks
to protect minority youth in the
justice system and promote rational
justice policies.
The
New Face of Juvenile Justice - Marquese
has been stealing since he was 12. Jose
took part in a deadly brawl. Manny and
a gang brutally attacked a family. Shawn
stabbed his father. They were all under
18, should they be tried as adults?
Should
juveniles be treated as adults? Cabrini
College criminal justice professor, Linda
Collier and Northeastern University criminal
justice professor, James Fox, respond.
Can
Prevention Programs stem the Tide Of Delinquency? The
US has a problem with juvenile violence. The
concern focuses on punishment and very
little on prevention or intervention.
The US is the world leader in incarceration.
juvenilejustice.com
Female
Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System -
The relative growth in juvenile arrests involving
females was more than double the growth for
males 1989 - 1993. Juvenile arrests for
violent crime increased 33% for males,
they increased 55% for females. The ratio
of male juvenile arrests to female juvenile
arrests declined from 8 to 1 in 1989
to 6 to 1 in 1993.
Outdoor
Education and Troubled Youth -- Outdoor
education and outdoor therapeutic programs
in working with troubled youth from a
study of outdoor therapeutic methods.In
the spring of 2001 after Anthony Haynes
a troubled Phoenix teen was caught shoplifting,
his mother Melanie enrolled him in
Americas
Buffalo Soldiers Re-enactors Association,
a boot camp run by 57-year-old Charles
Franklin Long, II, modeled his camp after
military boot camps. She never expected
him to end up dead.
Tracking
delinquent children sentenced to
state facilities. Charles, 13, with the
IQ of a 5-year-old, was handcuffed and
taken to the state's most secure lockup
for ringing a doorbell. Christopher Rapier,
is a likeable boy whose life was spent
battling good and evil -- with little
help from his family or the state.
Children
have been physically and sexually abused, hogtied and
forced to sleep on floors next to waste from
overflowing commodes.
Mental
Health Issues and Juvenile Justice -
Based on available data, it is safe to
estimate that at least 1 out of 5 youth
in the juvenile justice system has serious
mental health problems.
View
the conference online. Psychiatric
Drug Tests May Violate Law -
California Officials said tests
of psychiatric drugs on teenage inmates
may violate state law. jointogether.
Juveniles
Prosecuted in State Criminal Courts -
State statutes, usually based on age
criteria, define a juvenile under the
original jurisdiction of the juvenile
court system. In 37 States and DC, those
under 18 charged with a law violation are
considered juveniles. In 10 States the
upper limit is age 16, and in 3 States,
the upper limit is 15. Numerous exceptions
permit a prosecutor to proceed against
a juvenile as an adult in criminal court.
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