Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Page

Juvenile Justice Reform in California

The following reports document the incredible changes happening in recent years:

Closing Down the CYA: A Series of Reports

http://cjcj.org/files/The_California_Miracle.pdf

http://cjcj.org/files/closing_californias_DJF.pdf

http://cjcj.org/files/An_Update_Closing_Californias_Division_of_Juvenile_Facilities.pdf

Will California finally close down the CYA?  Two stories: Closing Down the CYA For Good

Delinquency News

Recession Drives Surge in Youth Runaways

Juvenile Arrest Data for 2007 published by OJJDP: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/225344.pdf

Adolescents, Neighborhoods, and Violence: Recent Findings From the Project on Human Development in Chicago Neighborhoods. Click on this web site for full report and more: http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/217397.htm   Note that this study lends empirical support for the "Chicago School" perspective, especially that of "concentric zones" among other theoretical perspectives.

Detention

Staff Watches Over Empty Juvenile Detention Facility

3 in 25 juveniles in detention are sexually abused, study finds

Abuses at State Detention Centers (series of 3 stories)

Juvenile Detention in San Francisco

Arrested Development in L.A. County's Juvenile Detention System

The Dangers of Detention - new study in Wisconsin confirms prior research about detaining too many kids.

Dropping Out

Study Finds High Rate of Imprisonment Among Dropouts

Dropouts costing California $1.1 billion annually in juvenile crime costs

‘No Child’ law feeds dropout rate

Children's Defense Fund Study America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline^SM  Click on the following web site: http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=c2pp_report2007#report

Truancy and street violence are linked, Baltimore study says

Incarceration

Federal Lawsuit Reveals Inhumane Conditions at For Profit Youth Prison

Abuses in juvenile facilities.  A compilation of news stories: http://www.nospank.net/boot.htm#gina

    Updated reports: http://nospank.net/rcntnews.htm

States rethink ‘adult time for adult crime’

Supreme Court to consider juvenile 'lifers'

Human Rights Watch Report: Custody and Control: Conditions of Confinement in New York’s Juvenile Prisons for Girls: http://hrw.org/reports/2006/us0906/

Children in the adult system: Caging Children

California to close its largest juvenile prison

"From Time Out to Hard Time: Young Children in the Adult Criminal Justice System." A study focusing on child offenders under 13 that end up in the adult system with excessive punishments. 
http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/news/images/file/From%20Time%20Out%20to%20Hard%20Time-revised%20final.pdf

National Initiative Keeping Youths Out of Jail

More calls for California to shut down its youth prison system

The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense. http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/09_05_REP_CostsOfConfinement_JJ_PS.pdf

NEW Update: Judges Sentenced Kids for cash

Another Scandal within the juvenile justice system: This one in Florida:  Boys school probe stirs painful memories

A small Louisiana town near Jena struggles with this question: Education versus Incarceration

Abuses reported in Mississippi training schools - report calls them "A Mississippi Gulag."  Go to this web site: http://www.parentsunitedtogether.com/page78.html

Same story, different century:  Study finds youth facility 'recipe for tragedy'

Juvenile Justice

A little slice of history: He rode the 'Orphan Train' across the country

Juvenile Justice initiative in Illinois: http://www.jjustice.org/

Supreme Court says strip search unconstitutional: Strip Search Case in Arizona

Scandal and reform: A familiar cycle in agencies that deal with juvenile delinquents

Latest Juvenile Court Statistics report: http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/218587.pdf

Foster Children at Risk, and an Opportunity Lost

U.S. & Britain fare poorly in children survey