National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice Policy Research Associates, Inc.
This paper reports on the results of a survey that was conducted of promising programs that provide mental health services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system, to find out how these programs were funded.
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
This paper explores some of the new issues that have emerged in the juvenille justice field as a result of widespread mental health screening adopted by most states. The issues explored in this paper include mental health screening procedures and policies and implementation of mental health screening within a juvenille justice program.
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the prevalence and impact of trauma and traumatic stress among youth in the juvenile justice system and to describe emerging responses for identifying and treating these problems.
In this policy brief, the authors draw on articles in a recently released volume of The Future of Children devoted to juvenile justice to examine the problem of youth confinement in correctional fa
This report explores the dramatic changes in the law's conception of young offenders between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twenty-first.
This report analyzes how risks such as lack of access to health and mental healthcare, child abuse or neglect, and lack of quality early childhood education often impact children at crucial points in their development, making involvement in the criminal justice system significantly more likely.
This guide of effective practices for engaging at-risk-youth in community service was designed for public officials, youth service and service-learning practitioners and teachers, and researchers.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
This fact sheet provides data on juvenile delinquency cases involving drug offenses handled between 1985 and 2004 by U.S. courts with juvenile jurisdiction.
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
This tool is intended to facilitate independent analysis of national data on the characteristics of youth held in residential placement facilities, including detailed information about the youth's
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When children, teens, and adults are dealing with the stress from crisis situations, talking may not be enough. These resources provide ideas about what to do you can do at home to help children, family members, and yourself cope.
