National Resources – Relevant Publications

National Resources – Relevant Publications

Diversion

Addressing The Intersections Of Juvenile Justice Involvement And Youth Homelessness: Working With Girls,  Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Arkansas’s Justice Reinvestment Approach, Enhancing Local Mental Health Services for People in the Criminal Justice System, Council of State Governments Justice Center

Barriers To Wellness – Voices and Views from Young People in Five Cities

Being Y-Ap Savvy A Primer On Creating & Sustaining Youth-Adult Partnerships, Center for Nonprofits, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Beyond Bars – Keeping Young People Safe At Home And Out Of Youth Prison, The National Collaboration for Youth

Beyond Policing: Investing in Of􀁹ces of Neighborhood Safety, Center for American Progress

Breaking Down The Walls, Lessons Learned From State Campaigns To Close Youth Prisons, Youth First

Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study Of How School Discipline Relates To Students’ Success And Juvenile Justice Involvement, Council of State Governments

Bringing More Teens Home – Raising the Age Without Expanding Secure Confinement in the Youth Justice System

Child Not in Charge – Transfer Laws Are Not Advancing Public Safety, Justice Policy Institute

Dangers Of Detention: The Impact Of Incarcerating Youth In Detention And Other Secure Facilities, Justice Policy Institute

Emerging Adult Justice In Illinois: Towards An Age-Appropriate Approach, Columbia University Justice Lab

Engage, Involve, Empower: Family Engagement In Juvenile Drug Treatment Courts, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

Evaluation Of Judicially Led Responses To Eliminate School Pathways To The Juvenile Justice System, The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges

Examining the Situational- and Suspect-Level Predictors of Police Use of Force Among a Juvenile Arrestee Population, Justice Policy Journal, Morrow et al

Excessive Stress Disrupts The Architecture Of The Developing Brain, The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

Fair Chance – Ban The Box Toolkit Opening Job Opportunities For People With Records, National Employment Law Project

Forgotten And Left Behind: Shifting Narratives And Exploring Policy Solutions For Vulnerable Youth And Young Adults, CLASP

Foundations For Young Adult Success A Developmental Framework, The University of Chicago Consortium on Chicago School Research

From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts: A science-based approach to building a more promising future for young children and families, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

From Best Practices to Breakthrough Impacts: A science-based approach to building a more promising future for young children and families, Executive Summary, Center on the Developing Child, Harvard University

Impact Of Prison Arts Programs On Inmate Attitudes And Behavior: A Quantitative Evaluation, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice

Implementation of New York’s Close to Home Initiative: A New Model for Youth Justice, The Center for Children’s Law and Policy

Improving Outcomes For Justice-Involved Youth Through Structured Decision-Making And Diversion, Georgetown University, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

Investing To Improve The Well-Being Of Vulnerable Youth And Young Adults Recommendations For Policy And Practice, Youth Transition Funders Group

Just and Well: Rethinking How States Approach Competency to Stand Trial, CSG Justice Center

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Progress Report, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Juvenile  Injustice: Charging Youth As Adults Is Ineffective, Biased, And Harmful, Human Impact Partners

Juvenile Justice Guide Book For Legislators, National Conference of State Legislatures

Juvenile Justice Guide Book For Legislators – Disproportionate Minority Contact, National Conference of State Legislatures

Juvenile Life Without Parole: An Overview, The Sentencing Project

Justice Reinvestment Initiative Data Snapshot Unpacking Reinvestment, Urban Institute, Justice Policy Center

Justice Reinvestment in Missouri, Missouri Justice Reinvestment Task Force

Leading With Conviction: The Transformative Role Of Formerly Incarcerated Leaders In Reducing Mass Incarceration, Center for Institutional and Social Change, Columbia Law School

Leveraging The Every Student Succeeds Act To Improve Educational Services In Juvenile Justice Facilities, American Youth Policy Forum, National Reentry Resource Center, Council of State Governments

Making People’s Transition From Prison And Jail To The Community Safe And Successful: A Snapshot Of National Progress In Reentry, The National Reentry Resource Center (NRRC)/The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center

Making the Case for Status Offense Systems Change: A Toolkit, Coalition for Juvenile Justice SOS Project

Missed Opportunities: Preventing youth in the child welfare system from entering the juvenile justice system, Citizens for Juvenile Justice

No Place For Kids, The Case For Reducing Juvenile Incarceration, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Parent-Child Visiting Practices in Prisons and Jails, The Urban Institute

Pathways To Progress Global Youth Survey 2017 Economic Prospects & Expectations, Citi Foundation

Principles Of Effective Juvenile Justice Policy Juvenile Justice, The National Conference of State Legislatures

Project Slam: Rehabilitation Through Theatre At Sing Sing Correctional Facility, The International Journal of The Arts In Society

Promising Gains, Persistent Gaps Youth Disconnection In America, Measure of America

Raise The Age Report, Justice Policy Institute

Raise The Age Executive Summary, Justice Policy Institute

Raising the Floor, Campaign For Youth Justice

Re-Examining Juvenile Incarceration – High Cost, Poor Outcomes Spark Shift To Alternatives, The Pew Charitable Trusts

Reentry Myth Buster! On Repaying Federal Student Loans While Incarcerated, Federal Interagency Reentry Council

Research Brief: New York’s “Close to Home” Initiative — Lessons Learned, Research & Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Research Brief: New York’s “Close to Home” Initiative — Did it Work?, Research & Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

Safely Home, Youth Advocate Programs Policy & Advocacy Center

Seven Out of Ten? Not Even Close A Review of Research on the Likelihood of Children with Incarcerated Parents Becoming Justice-Involved, Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy – The Children with Incarcerated Parents Initiative, CCSU

Staying Connected: Keeping Justice-Involved Youth “Close to Home” in New York City, Research & Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York

The Changing Nature of Correctional Visitation, National Institute of Justice

The Future of Youth Justice: A Community-Based Alternative to the Youth Prison Model. New Thinking in Community Corrections Bulletin, National Institute of Justice, Harvard Kennedy School

The Prison Paradox: More Incarceration Will Not Make Us Safer, Vera Institute

Through the Eyes of a Child: Life with a Mother in Prison, Volunteers of America

Transforming Juvenile Justice Systems To Improve Public Safety And Youth Outcomes, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University, Council of State Governments

Youth-Adult Partnerships In Evaluation (Y-Ap/E) A Resource Guide For Translating Research Into Practice, ACT for Youth Center of Excellence, Cornell University

Youthful Offenders In The Federal System, United States Sentencing Commission

Youth Justice Under the Coronavirus: Linking Public Health Protections with the Movement for Youth Decarceration,The Sentencing Project

WINNING THE CAMPAIGN: 2005 – 2020 State Trends in Fighting the Treatment of Children As Adults in the Criminal Justice System, Campaign for Youth Justice

Education

Addressing Race And Trauma In The Classroom: A Resource For Educators, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems, Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

Are We Closing The School Discipline Gap?, The Center For Civil Rights Remedies

Arts-Based Programs And Arts Therapies For At-Risk, Justice-Involved, And Traumatized Youths, OJJDP Model Programs Guide

Be Her Resource A Toolkit About School Resource Officers And Girls Of Color, Center for Poverty and Inequality, Georgetown Law

Beyond Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth, Center for American Progress

Breaking Schools’ Rules: A Statewide Study Of How School Discipline Relates To Students’ Success And Juvenile Justice Involvement, Council of State Governments

Career And Technical Education In High School: Does It Improve Student Outcomes?, The Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Educational exclusion: Drop out, push out, and school-to-prison pipeline among LGBTQ youth, GLSEN

Improving Outcomes For Children In Schools: Expanded School Mental Health, Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut

Navigating SEL From The Inside Out, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Officers In Schools: A Snapshot Of Legislative Action, Council of State Governments Justice Center

Prekindergarteners Left Behind: Expulsion Rates in State Prekindergarten Programs, Foundation for Child Development

Reframing School Discipline – A Strategic Communications Playbook, FrameWorks Institute

Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021, U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Justice OJP, Institute of Education Sciences

Restraint And Seclusion: Resource Document, U.S. Department of Education

School Discipline Consensus Report: Strategies From The Field To Keep Students Engaged In School And Out Of The Juvenile Justice System, Council of State Governments Justice Center

Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gender Spectrum

School-Wide Restorative Practices: Step By Step, The Denver School-Based Restorative Practices Partnership

Supports for Social and Emotional Learning in American Schools and Classrooms: Findings from the American Teacher Panel, RAND Research Report

Understanding Implicit Bias: What Educators Should Know, American Educator

When policy and psychology meet: Mitigating the consequences of bias in schools, Science Magazine

Gender and Diversity

Addressing The Intersections Of Juvenile Justice Involvement And Youth Homelessness: Working With Girls,  Coalition for Juvenile Justice

Be Her Resource A Toolkit About School Resource Officers And Girls Of Color, Center for Poverty and Inequality, Georgetown Law

Beyond Bullying: How Hostile School Climate Perpetuates the School-to-Prison Pipeline for LGBT Youth, Center for American

Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced And Underprotected, Center For Intersectionality And Social Policy Studies, Columbia University/African American Policy ForumProgress

Color Of Justice: Racial And Ethnic Disparity In State Prisons, The Sentencing Project

Educational exclusion: Drop out, push out, and school-to-prison pipeline among LGBTQ youth, GLSEN

embracing equity: Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Gender Injustice System-Level Juvenile Justice Reforms For Girls, National Women’s Law Center

Growing up LGBT in America, Youth Survey Report Key Findings, Human Rights Campaign

Hidden Injustice: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in Juvenile Courts, Legal Services for Children, National Juvenile Defender Center, and National Center for Lesbian Rights

Implicit Bias: Why it matters for youth justice, National Juvenile Justice Network, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Implicit Bias, Community-Oriented Trust and Justice Briefs, National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services.

LGBTQ Youths in the Juvenile Justice System, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, a Project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation

National Coming Out Day Youth Report, Human Rights Campaign

Queer Youth Advice for Educators, How to Respect and Protect Your Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students, GLSEN

Racial and Ethnic Disparity and Disproportionality in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice: A Compendium, Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago

Restoring Justice: A Blueprint for Ensuring Fairness, Safety, and Supportive Treatment of LGBT Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, Center for American Progress

Schools In Transition: A Guide for Supporting Transgender Students in K-12 Schools, National Center for Lesbian Rights, Gender Spectrum

Sexual Abuse To Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story, Human Rights Project for Girls/Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality/Ms. Foundation for Women

The Sexual Abuse To Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story, Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality, Ms. Foundation for Women

Toward Equity, Training Curriculum: Understanding Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression, and Developing Competency to Serve Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, Equity Project: Legal Services for Children (LSC), National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR), National Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC)

Transforming Perception: Black Men and Boys, Executive Summary, American Values Institute

Two Wrongs Don’t Make A Right: Why Zero Tolerance is Not the Solution to Bullying, Advancement Project, The Alliance for Educational Justice, Gay-Straight Alliance Network

Understanding Implicit Bias: What Educators Should Know, American Educator

UNJUST: How The Broken Juvenile And Criminal Justice Systems Fail LGBTQ Youth, Center for American Progress

UNJUST: LGBTQ Youth Incarcerated In the Juvenile Justice System, Center for American Progress

When policy and psychology meet: Mitigating the consequences of bias in schools, Science Magazine

Zero Tolerance, The Campaign for Youth Justice

Homelessness

2020 State Ratings Report Human Rights Protections for Children in the U.S. Justice System, Human Rights for Kids

A Commonsense Approach: Immigration Policy Solutions, Supporting Child Migrants, The Opportunity Agenda

Addressing the Needs of Multi-System Youth: Strengthening the Connection between Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Robert F Kennedy Children’s Action Corps

Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems, Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform

Better Way To Assess Developmental Needs In Early Childhood Systems: Mid-Level Developmental Assessment, Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut

Building Community Resilience for Children and Families, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Building the Core Skills Youth Need for Life: A Guide for Education and Social Service Practitioners, Center for the Developing Child, Harvard University

Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, Two Sides of the Same Coin, The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University

Child Welfare Practice With Families Affected by Parental Incarceration, Child Welfare Information Gateway

Dual Status Youth – Technical Assistance Workbook, Robert F. Kennedy Children’s Action Corps

Early childhood trauma,  Zero to Six Collaborative Group, National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Eight key U.S. Immigration Policy Issues, State of Play and Unanswered Questions, Migration Policy Institute

Five Investments in Our Immigration System to Address the “Crisis” at the Border, The Immigration Hub

Framework for Considering the Best Interests of Unaccompanied Children, Subcommittee on Best Interests of the Interagency Working Group on Unaccompanied and Separated Children

From Conversation to Collaboration: How Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Agencies Can Work Together to Improve Outcomes for Dual Status Youth, Robert F. Kennedy National Resource Center for Juvenile Justice

Glossary of Terms Related to Trauma-Informed, Integrated Healthcare, NCTSN Integrated Care Collaborative Group

Hidden Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration on Dependent Children, National Institute of Justice

Immigrant Children Dual Language Learners, Child Trends

Immigration-related Policy Changes in the first two years of the Trump Administration, Migration Policy Institute

Impact of punitive immigration policies, parent-child separation and child detention on the mental health and development of children, BMJ Paedatrics

Incarceration and CPS involvement Fast Focus, Institute of Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Kids Count Data Book State Trends In Child Well-Being, The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Knowledge Brief: Is There a Link between Child Welfare and Disproportionate Minority Contact in Juvenile Justice?, Models for Change, An initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Mapping The Gaps Between Expert, Practitioner, And Public Understandings Of Adolescent Substance Use, FrameWorks Institute

Missed Opportunities: Preventing youth in the child welfare system from entering the juvenile justice system, Citizens for Juvenile Justice

Racial and Ethnic Composition of the Child Population: Immigrant Children, Child Trends

Resilience and Child Traumatic Stress, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents, International Association of Chiefs Of Police

Supportive Relationships and Active Skill-Building Strengthen the Foundations of Resilience, The National Scientific Council on the Developing Child

Systems Integration: Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice, The National Center for Juvenile Justice

The Crossover Youth Practice Model (CYPM), Engaging Court Appointed Special Advocates to Improve Outcomes for Crossover Youth, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University

The impact of immigration detention on mental health: a systematic review, BMC Psychiatry

The Rights of Children in the Immigration Process, ACLU

Trauma and Resilience: A new look at legal advocacy for youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems, Juvenile Law Center

Trends in Unaccompanied Child and Family Migration from Central America, Migration Policy Institute

Unaccompanied Alien Children: An Overview, Congressional Research Service

What is a Trauma-Informed Child and Family Service System?, The National Child Traumatic Stress Network

When Systems Collaborate: How Three Jurisdictions Improved Their Handling of Dual-Status Cases, National Center for Juvenile Justice

Other

5 Ways Juvenile Court Judges Can Use Data, National Council of Juvenile And Family Court Judges | National Center For Juvenile Justice

50 State Data On Public Safety, Connecticut Workbook: Analyses To Inform Public Safety Strategies, Council of State Governments Justice Center

Access Denied,  A National Snapshot Of States’ Failure To Protect Children’s Right To Counsel, National Juvenile Defender Center

Better Solutions For Youth With Mental Health Needs In The Juvenile Justice System, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

Juvenile Court Statistics 2014, OJJDP, National Center for Juvenile
Justice

Juvenile Court Statistics 2016, OJJDP, National Center for Juvenile
Justice

National Consensus Policy and Discussion Paper On Use Of Force

Unlocking Youth – Legal Strategies To End Solitary Confinement In Juvenile Facilities, Juvenile Law Center