Juvenile Justice
You are in the Juvenile Justice section of the Casey Foundation Knowledge Center, which offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation.
See also Our Work: Juvenile Justice, an overview of Casey's investment in this issue.
Learn about the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
2008 KIDS COUNT Data Wheel
2008
The Data Wheel is a popular and easy way to view the status of children in every state and the District of Columbia, based on information from the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book. Discover every state’s rate on each indicator and the state’s overall rank, based on these indicators.
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State-Level Detention Reform: A Practice Guide for State Advisory Groups
2008
This is a “how-to” leadership guide designed for a highly-specialized and specific audience: State juvenile justice advisory group members (or “SAG” members) who advise and guide the implementation of the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in the states, territories and District of Columbia. This guide highlights examples of leadership and the work of SAG members in key states that have been front-runners in advancing the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) via SAG leadership.
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Kids Count Essay 2008 Summary
2008
This summary version of the 2008 KIDS COUNT essay, A Road Map for Juvenile Justice, presents the six pervasive challenges raised in the essay that face our nation’s juvenile justice systems today. It highlights key facts and data, and offers promising solutions for approaches that have been proven to improve outcomes for youth, families, taxpayers, and communities.
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Detention Reform: An Effective Public Safety Strategy
2007
This 4-page issue brief describes how Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) helps juvenile justice officials reduce crime while reserving scarce public safety resources for more effective ways to supervise young people.
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Juvenile Detention Reform: Guide for County Officials
2007
Using Casey's Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative's (JDAI) model sites as examples, a new educational tool published by the National Association of Counties provides compelling arguments why county officials should undertake detention reform. The 12-page guide introduces readers to the concepts of detention reform, provides data analyses and cost comparisons, and illustrates outcomes achieved in JDAI sites across the nation.
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