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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.

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Our juvenile justice system is badly in need of repair. This slideshow goes inside the juvenile detention systems in Laredo, Texas and Portland, Oregon and points to the need for urgent national reforms. See Casey's related resources on juvenile justice reform.

Photographs by Steve Liss. See his website for more information.

Featured Publications

Publication thumbnail for Issue Brief: Reform the Nation's Juvenile Justice System

Issue Brief: Reform the Nation's Juvenile Justice System

2009

Juvenile courts and corrections systems often employ strategies that result in increased crime, endangered young people, wasted taxpayer dollars, and inequalities under the law. This brief outlines federal policy recommendations for reforming the juvenile justice system.

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Publication thumbnail for Fact Sheet: A Road Map for Juvenile Justice

Fact Sheet: A Road Map for Juvenile Justice

2008

In the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book, the Annie E. Casey Foundation essay focuses on juvenile justice reform. This fact sheet presents six key challenges and points toward solutions that are proved reforms to improve the outcomes of the juvenile justice system for youth, families, taxpayers, and communities.

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Digital Stories: Reforming the Juvenile Justice System

2009

Casey's digital stories capture the families and children whose lives are touched by the Foundation's work. This photo slideshow on juvenile justice shows compelling photos of youth navigating a largely adult prison system.

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America’s Invisible Children: Latino Youth and the Failure of Justice

2009

This report, a product of The National Council of La Raza and the Campaign for Youth Justice, examines recent information about Latino youth in the justice system with a specific focus on youth tried as adults. In addition to providing a detailed overview of racial disparities and structural racism in the justice system, this report looks at a variety of national initiatives that have been successful at reducing racial inequities in detention facilities among Latino youth.

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Two Decades of JDAI: From Demonstration Project to National Standard

2009

This report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation documents the progress of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative’s (JDAI) efforts in reforming juvenile detention practices throughout the nation. Also highlighted in the report are the ways in which JDAI has contributed to the broader juvenile justice reform movement.

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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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Essay and Data Brief from the 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book

2008

This booklet includes the complete 2008 KIDS COUNT Data Book essay -- A Road Map for Juvenile Justice Reform -- plus a 3-page chart of state by state data on child well-being as well as a listing of contacts for all state KIDS COUNT grantees.

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