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- An Evolving Juvenile Court - Juvenile Justice, Volume VI, Number 2 (December 1999). This issue looks at the juvenile court system and the 100 years of the juvenile court.
www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjjournal1299/index.html
- Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators - The Interstate Compact on Juveniles provides the sole statutory authority for regulating the transfer of juvenile probation and parole supervision across state boundaries, and also provides for the safe return of non-adjudicated missing and runaway youth to their home states. The Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles.
www.ajca.org
- Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Page On Juvenile Justice - An overview of juvenile law with links to key primary and secondary sources.
fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/juvenile.html
- Delinquents or Criminals: Policy Options for Young Offenders - Article examines the changes in the juvenile justice system -- by the Urban Institute.
www.urban.org/crime/delinq.html
- Department of Justice: Justice for Kids and Youth - An informative site from the DOJ for kids, parents and teachers. Also includes do's and don'ts for the Internet.
www.usdoj.gov/kidspage
- Friends of Andy W - Site opposed to the trying of Andy Williams as an adult in the shooting at Santana High School, now offering a video of Williams.
friendsofandyw.org
- Frontline: Juvenile Justice - PBS Frontline's examination of whether serious young offenders should go to the criminal justice system to be tried as adults, or be handled in the juvenile justice system.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile
- Frontline: Little Criminals - PBS Frontline's report on the treatment of very young offenders.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/little
- How Tough Should Juvenile Justice Be? - Article from the Christian Science Monitor.
www.csmonitor.com/durable/1998/08/13/f-p1s1.htm
- Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants Program - Federal program designed to promote greater accountability among juveniles who are involved in the juvenile justice system.
www.policyalmanac.org/crime/archive/jaibg.shtml
- Juvenile Justice Advisory Board - Florida Department of Juvenile Justice - Programs in Florida with information and recommendations to help improve public safety and maximize overall effectiveness of the juvenile justice system.
www.djj.state.fl.us/jjab
- Juvenile Justice FAQ - A collection of frequently asked questions and answers about juvenile justice provided by The Paladin Group.
silcom.com/~paladin/juvfaq.html
- Juvenile Justice Links - FSU School of Criminology site maintained by Cecil Greek. Topics include juvenile delinquency, youth crime and victimization, and the history of the juvenile justice system. Many subheadings and links from the mentioned topics.
www.criminology.fsu.edu/jjclearinghouse/jjlinks.html
- Juvenile Justice Prosecution Program - Publications and programs of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, a branch of the National District Attorneys Association.
www.ndaa.org/apri/juvenilejustice/jjhome.htm
- Juvenile Justice Resources - Publications and sites edited by the Michigan State University Libraries.
www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/juvenile.htm
- Juvenile Justice System - ACLU Fact Sheet on how states in the 1990's view juveniles.
www.aclu.org/library/fctsht.html
- Juvenile Justice Telephone Numbers - Telephone and fax numbers for juvenile justice organizations.
www.ncjfcj.unr.edu/homepage/res1.html
- Juvenile Offenders and Troubled Teens - North Carolina Wesleyan College Justice Studies Department. Short but well-defined glossary of legal terms and an essay on juvenile crime describing indicators of juvenile crime.
faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/juvjusp.htm
- Juvenile Prosecutors Are Not Criminal Prosecutors - An article arguing that the role of juvenile prosecutors is different from the role of criminal prosecutors.
www.xmission.com/~wake/juvenileprosecutors.html
- Juveniles on Alabama's Death Row. - Information on juveniles on Alabama's death row, and an argument that juveniles should not be executed.
www.angelfire.com/al4/juveniles
- Juveniles Tried and Sentenced as Adults - Links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites dealing with whether juveniles should be tried and sentenced as adults.
www.vachss.com/help_text/tried_sentenced_as_adults.html
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Information on improving the quality of juvenile justice, with a focus on the work of the judiciary.
www.ncjfcj.unr.edu
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention - Information and resources on general areas of interest about juvenile justice and delinquency, including conferences, funding opportunities, and new publications, and on the "comprehensive strategy" as a framework for communities to combat youth crime.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org
- OJJDP - School Violence Resources - Facts and figures, resources, grants, funding, and programs for dealing with school violence. By the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org/resources/school.html
- OJJDP Publications - Youth-focused publications and other resources available from OJJDP and other agencies within the Office of Justice Programs or the Federal government.
ojjdp.ncjrs.org/pubs/pubs.html
- P.O.I.N.T. - Prison Officers Informing Neighborhood Teens - Juvenile crime deterrent program designed to help in the prevention of juvenile crime.
www.thepointprogram.com
- Prevention Programs - FSU juvenile justice prevention programs maintained by Cecil Greek.
www.fsu.edu/~crimdo/jjclearinghouse/jj19.html
- Race and Outcome of Criminal Cases - Reports portraying juveniles differently may lead to tougher sentencing recommendations for blacks.
www.washington.edu/newsroom/news/1999archive/02-99archive/k021799.html
- Resources for Change in Juvenile Justice with Young People - Resources on juvenile injustice to motivate young people who aren't locked up to fight for those who are incarcerated.
www.freechild.org/juvenile_injustice.htm
- Restorative Justice/Real Justice Conferencing - Training, publications on structured meeting between offenders, victims and families to identify and repair the wrongdoing.
www.realjustice.org
- Second Chances: The Success Stories - A collection of success stories, showing what happened to children given second chances by juvenile courts. Some of these success stories involve now-famous people.
www.cjcj.org/centennial/stories.html
- The Florida Experiment - An analysis of the impact of granting prosecutors discretion to try juveniles as adults.
www.cjcj.org/jpi/prosecutor.html
- The Juvenile Information Network - Encourages communication among juvenile justice professionals and works for the development of new reform programs in systems.
www.juvenilenet.org
- Washington State's Treatment of Young Female Offenders - Article from the University of Minnesota Law Journal examines the problems and needs of girls in the juvenile justice system.
www.law.umn.edu/jli/beccabill.htm
- Washingtonpost.com: Juvenile Murders - A Washington Post special, with links, on juvenile murder -- compiled as a result of the Columbine school massacre.
www.WashingtonPost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/juvmurders/links.htm
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