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Juvenile Justice and Legal Resources
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Juvenile Delinquency Cases Continue Downward Trajectory
Juvenile Court Statistics 2018, a newly released report from the National Center for Juvenile Justice, provides national estimates of delinquency cases and status offense cases, as well as details on how cases were processed and their disposition. Overall trends are positive. Since 2005, juvenile arrest rates decreased 62% for property offenses, 56% for public order offenses, 45% for person offenses, and 44% for drug law violations. The total delinquency case rate declined 53% between 2005 and 2018.
Access the report here: https://ojjdp.ojp.gov/sites/g/files/xyckuh176/files/media/document/juvenile-court-statistics-2018.pdf |
Changing Juvenile Justice in Pennsylvania
A new report, Transforming Justice: Bringing Pennsylvania’s Young People Safely Home from Juvenile Justice Placements was recently released by the Juvenile Law Center with funding from Annie E. Casey Foundation. The report details the current state of juvenile placements in Pennsylvania, where the number of youth in placement and rates of racial disparity exceed national averages. Authors argue the state needs to change its system for how youth enter the system, and do a better job involving families in order to keep youth in their homes. The report includes recommendations from other states that have successfully reduced the number of incarcerated youth by expanding prevention services.
Read the report here: https://www.aecf.org/resources/transforming-justice/ |
State-specific Legal Advice for RHY
RHY face many decisions that require knowledge of their legal rights—information that can be difficult for youth to access and understand. In order to improve young people’s access to legal advice, law firm Baker & McKenzie has created an online hub that hosts state-specific Homeless Youth Handbooks. Each ‘handbook’ addresses common questions that RHY may have in eighteen different categories such as housing contracts, public benefits, health care rights, police interactions, consumer credit, and status offenses. Developed in partnership with corporate and pro bono legal partners in each state, the guides are intended both for youth and the providers who support them. Guides are currently available for eight states, with more under development.
Learn more here: https://www.homelessyouth.org/about-homeless-youth |
Alternatives to Juvenile Detention for Girls
A new brief from the National Council on Crime and Delinquency explores the benefits of diverting girls who do not pose a public safety risk from secure juvenile detention to community-based residential settings. Research demonstrates that girls arrested for minor probation violations and domestic disturbances are more likely to re-offend and cycle through the justice system than girls offered community-based alternatives. This brief focuses on a facility in Florida – where an earlier study identified 2,800 girls who could potentially have avoided lockup – and describes what a few states have done to reduce girls’ unnecessary arrest and placement in secure detention.
Access the brief here:
https://www.nccdglobal.org/sites/default/files/Girls%20in%20Secure%20Juvenile%20Detention%20in%20Florida.pdf |
Why Youth Join Gangs
The National Gang Center recently released a video called Why Youth Join Gangs, featuring interviews with former gang members discussing why they joined gangs, and what their early experiences were like in their homes, neighborhoods and schools. The video is organized into many short segments, and also features experienced youth workers and researchers describing known risk factors for gang involvement.
Watch the full video here: https://www.nationalgangcenter.gov/Video |
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Podcast Addresses Youth Justice
Voices of Youth Justice, a podcast series by the Campaign for Youth Justice, features stories of young people who have been charged as adults or spent time in adult facilities. Past episodes describe youth’s and families’ experiences of being transferred into adult systems while under 18, navigating systems as immigrant youth, and racial disparities in the juvenile justice system.
Listen to podcasts here: http://www.campaignforyouthjustice.org/news/podcast
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Youth Gun Violence Prevention Resources
In September 2019, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange launched a new resource hub focused on youth gun violence prevention. The website includes research briefs on gun violence prevention and intervention, national and state-level data, recommendations from policymakers and law enforcement officials, as well as descriptions of program models proven to reduce gun violence.
Visit the hub here: https://jjie.org/hub/youth-gun-violence/ |
WA Pilots Juvenile Justice and Social Service Coordination Model
An opinion piece published by the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange in September 2019 describes the intersection of housing instability and justice system involvement for youth, and a related cross-system pilot project. Co-designed by the SAJE Center and workgroups in Snohomish and Kitsap Counties in Washington State, the Housing Stability for Youth in Courts (H-SYNC) program is an effort to prevent both homelessness and future court-involvement among youth. The model will be piloted in five WA counties in 2019-2020, and uses existing court data to universally screen juveniles for housing instability, assess the severity of their needs, provide tailored referrals to proven-effective support services, and prompt workers to follow up and reassess.
Read the article here: https://jjie.org/2019/09/20/courts-social-services-can-work-together-on-housing-instability/
Learn more about the screening model here: https://www.sajecenter.org/hsync |
Pilot Study: A Clinical Approach for Gang-Involved Youth
A randomized controlled study conducted in Philadelphia with court-involved boys ages 11-17 demonstrated that a modified version of Functional Family Therapy (FFT-G) is effective at reducing delinquency, alcohol and drug use, and residential placement for African American and Hispanic/Latino young people who are in or at risk of joining gangs. Positive effects were statistically significant with all FFT-G participants; the impacts were greatest on those youth at highest risk.
Read the study here: https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/251754.pdf |
Planning for Re-entry with Young People Leaving Detention
This guide, from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Programs, is written for young people who are preparing to re-enter their community after long stays in juvenile corrections or treatment centers. The report tells young people about some of the challenges they may face, and prompts them to identify strategies for finding housing, education, and employment.
Read the guide here: https://www.ojjdp.gov/pubs/251193.pdf |
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