Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach
Juvenile justice systems should help prevent reoffending through structured risk and needs assessments and using interventions rooted in knowledge about adolescent development.
Department of Justice Reaffirms National Commitment To Youth Justice Reform
2024年9月20日 · This landmark legislation set federal standards for the safe and equitable treatment of young people who encounter the juvenile justice system and established OJJDP to lead national efforts to prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile Justice Reform: Recent Highlights
2024年12月4日 · Juvenile justice is undergoing a remarkable transformation, shifting from historically punitive methods toward rehabilitative, evidence-based programs for youth.
Youth Justice: Lessons From the Last 50 Years
2023年10月6日 · The current era of juvenile justice reform is built around a better understanding of adolescent development, limiting out-of-home placement and keeping more young people out of criminal courts designed for adults.
Transforming Youth Justice Systems to Eliminate Disparities and …
2024年1月25日 · Youth justice reform requires empowering communities and those with lived experience. State officials and advocates must work collaboratively across systems to empower and support youth and families with lived experience to lead system transformation efforts.
OJJDP FY25 Juvenile Justice System Reform and Reinvestment …
2025年1月14日 · OJJDP anticipates that jurisdictions will convene a diverse committee of critical stakeholders, including state level decisionmakers, juvenile court judges, juvenile justice agency leaders (including juvenile probation, detention, and corrections), policymakers, mental health professionals, community advocates, schools, prosecutors, law ...
How State Reform Efforts Are Transforming Juvenile Justice
2019年11月26日 · Since 2012, a growing number of states have used data and research to inform sweeping policy changes that aim to improve juvenile justice systems.
9 Achieving Reform | Reforming Juvenile Justice: A …
During the past two decades, major reform efforts in juvenile justice have focused on reducing the use of detention and secure confinement; improving conditions of confinement; closing large institutions and reinvesting in community-based programs; providing high-quality, evidence-based services for youth in the juvenile justice system ...
Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform: The Federal Role
Implementing Juvenile Justice Reform identifies and prioritizes strategies and policies to effectively facilitate reform of the juvenile justice system and develop an implementation plan for OJJDP.
An ad hoc committee will be convened to identify, assess and prioritize strategies and policies to effectively reform the juvenile justice system building on the recommendations from the 2013 report, Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach.