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The primary goals of the juvenile justice system, in addition to maintaining public safety, are skill development, habilitation, rehabilitation, addressing treatment needs, and successful reintegration of youth into the community.
Juvenile justice, system of laws, policies, and procedures intended to regulate the processing and treatment of nonadult offenders for violations of law and to provide legal remedies that protect their interests in situations of conflict or neglect. Learn more about juvenile justice in this article.
The report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of youth victims and offending by youth, and what happens to them when they enter the juvenile justice system.
enter the juvenile justice system in the U.S. The report offers—to Congress, state legislators, other state and local policy-makers, educators, juvenile justice pro-fessionals, and concerned citizens— empirically based answers to frequently asked questions about the nature of youth victimization and offending and the justice system’s ...
What do we know about youth involved in the juvenile justice system? While an estimated 2.7 million youth under the age of 18 were arrested in the United States during a single year in 1997, that number decreased by 74 percent in 2019. 1
If we find that any part of a state or local juvenile justice system systematically deprives children of their rights, we can act. Overview. Our work includes many kinds of activities. We speak with families, children, and other interested community members or organizations. We review and investigate allegations of systemic violations of ...
The juvenile justice system has undergone significant modifications during the last 30 years. This section describes the system, focusing on structure and process features that relate to delinquency and status offense matters.
The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States ...
The psychological science of adolescent behavior and decision-making is reshaping the juvenile justice system. Psychologists are partnering with jurisdictions nationwide to revise juvenile probation policies and practices to align with developmental science. By Zara Abrams Date created: November 1, 2022 12 min read. Vol. 53 No. 8.
Lessons learned from adapting access to justice for children programming to respond to the challenges of the pandemic and its impact on children in justice systems.