Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach
Juvenile justice systems should help prevent reoffending through structured risk and needs assessments and using interventions rooted in knowledge about adolescent development. The report concludes that changes are needed if the juvenile justice system is to meet its aims of holding adolescents accountable, preventing reoffending, and treating ...
Department of Justice Reaffirms National Commitment To Youth Justice Reform
2024年9月20日 · This landmark legislation set federal standards for the safe and equitable treatment of young people who encounter the juvenile justice system and established OJJDP to lead national efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency. The JJDPA has received broad bipartisan support throughout its history.
System Reforms to Reduce Youth Incarceration: Why We Must …
2023年11月9日 · New report highlights reforms that states and local youth justice systems can and should adopt to combat the overuse of incarceration and maximize the success of youth who are placed in alternative-to-incarceration programs.
State Juvenile Justice Reforms Can Boost Opportunity, Particularly …
2021年7月27日 · Appropriate juvenile justice reforms can help a young person access the services and supports they need as they transition to adulthood. In boosting young residents’ prospects, these reforms are also enabling states to unleash their people’s full potential, setting up their economies to be stronger, and fairer, down the road.
9 Achieving Reform | Reforming Juvenile Justice: A …
During the past two decades, major reform efforts in juvenile justice have focused on reducing the use of detention and secure confinement; improving conditions of confinement; closing large institutions and reinvesting in community-based programs; providing high-quality, evidence-based services for youth in the juvenile justice system ...
Youth Justice: Lessons From the Last 50 Years
2023年10月6日 · The current era of juvenile justice reform is built around a better understanding of adolescent development, limiting out-of-home placement and keeping more young people out of criminal courts designed for adults.
Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach
The goal of Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach was to review recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research and draw out the implications of this knowledge for juvenile justice reform, to assess the new generation of reform activities occurring in the United States, and to assess the performance of OJJDP in carrying ...
Transforming Youth Justice Systems to Eliminate Disparities and …
2024年1月25日 · 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), the nation’s most significant federal policy for improving juvenile justice systems. The milestone arrives at a time when state and local reforms are threatened by polarized politics and media narratives regarding youth crime, and by persistent ...
5 A Framework for Reform | Reforming Juvenile Justice: A …
The goal of Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach was to review recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research and draw out the implications of this knowledge for juvenile justice reform, to assess the new generation of reform activities occurring in the United States, and to assess the performance of OJJDP in carrying ...
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's (OJJDP) activities and internal capacities to implement its legislative mandates on juvenile justice systems, policies, and practices; and, consult with experts and practitioners in the field of