To learn more about juvenile justice, we recommend the following resources:
Resources
- American Bar Association Juvenile Justice Center
- Building Blocks for Youth
- Campaign for Youth Justice
- Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV)
- Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Child Welfare League of America
- Coalition for Juvenile Justice
- Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Council
- JEHT foundation
- Juvenile Law Center
- MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice
- Models for Change Website
- National Center for Cultural Competence
- National Center for Juvenile Justice
- National Center for Juvenile Justice and Mental Health
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
- National Juvenile Defender Center
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Physicians for Human Rights Health & Justice for Youth Campaign
- The National Council on Crime and Delinquency - The Children's Research Center
- W. Haywood Burns Institute for Juvenile Justice Fairness & Equity
- WA State Bar Association - What is Juvenile Law?
- Washington Association of Juvenile Court Administrators
Research, Articles, and Publications
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A Guide to Planning and Implementing Cultural Competence Organizational Self-Assessment, Goode, Tawara D.; Jones, Wendy; and Mason, James — Washington, D.C.: National Center for Cultural Competence, Winter 2002
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Addressing Invisible Barriers: Improving Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System,, Osher, David; Quinn, Mary Magee; Kendziora, Kimberly; and Woodruff, Darren — College Park, MD: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research, 2002
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Addressing the Needs of Youth with Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System: The Current Status of Evidence-Based Research, National Council on Disability — Washington, D.C., 2003
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Adolescent Girls with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System, Prescott, Laura — Delmar, NY: GAINS Center, Policy Research Associates, Inc., December 1997
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Adolescent Girls with Mental Health Disorders Involved with the Juvenile Justice System, Veysey, Bonita M. — Delmar, NY: National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice, Policy Research Associates, Inc., July 2003
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Best Practices for Serving Court Involved Youth with Learning, Attention and Behavioral Disabilities, Larson, Katherine A. and Turner, K. David — Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research
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Blueprints for Violence Prevention Overview, Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
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Improving Policy and Practice for Adolescent Girls with Co-Occurring Disorders in the Juvenile Justice System,, Prescott, Laura — Delmar, NY: GAINS Center, Policy Research Associates, Inc., June 1998
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Juvenile Delinquency Guidelines: Improving Court Practice in Juvenile Delinquency Cases — National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Spring 2005
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Less Cost, More Safety: Guiding Lights for Reform in Juvenile Justice, Mendel, Richard A. — Washington, DC: American Youth Policy Forum, 2001
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Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services — Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health, 1999
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Model Programs Guide, Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
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The Comparative Costs and Benefits of Programs to Reduce Crime, Washington State Institute for Public Policy
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The New WSBA Juvenile Law Section: What is Juvenile Law? — WA State Bar Association
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The Wraparound Approach, abstracted from Burchard, J.D., Bruns, E.J., & Burchard, S.N. in B. Burns & K. Hoagwood (Eds.) Community-Based Interventions for Children and Families — Oxford: Oxford University Press
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Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General, Office of the Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human Services
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Youth with Disabilities in the Correctional System: Prevalence Rates and Identification Issues, Rutherford, Robert B., Jr.; Bullis, Michael; Anderson, Cindy W.; and Griller-Clark, Heather M. — College Park, MD: Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice, American Institutes for Research