| Breaking Through: New Hope for Delinquent Kids Posted: 08/16/05  Links to articles from the September issue of The American Prospect and resources from the Moving Ideas Network on juvenile justice reform in the United States. Prepared in collaboration with the JEHT Foundation.
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Reforming Juvenile Justice (full article subscribers only): A century ago, reformers proved that prisons don't help wayward children. Now America is learning that lesson all over again.
Barry Krisberg
Additional Reading:
- Gangs Bill: Prosecuting Children as Adults, 7/28/05, Moving Ideas Network*
- I Plead the Sixth: Right to Counsel? It's Not a Given for Juvenile Defendants, Sasha Polakow-Suransky, 8/12/02, The American Prospect
- When Should Kids Go to Jail, David C. Anderson, 5/1/98, The American Prospect
- American Gulag, Jerome Miller, Fall 2000, Yes!
- Zero Tolerance Stories and Resources, Zero Tolerance Nightmares
- Scared Straight! Documentary, 1978
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Adolescents, Maturity and the Law (full article subscribers only): Why science and development matter in juvenile justice.
Jeffrey Fagan
Additional Reading:
- Teens' Risk-taking All in Their Heads?, 2/1/05, The Washington Post, Bridges4Kids.org
- Crime, Culpability, and the Adolescent Brain (PDF), 7/30/04, Science Magazine
- Study Helps to Visualize How Brain Develops with Age, 5/18/04, Medical Study News
- Inside the Teenage Brain: Interview with Jay Giedd, January 2002, Frontline, PBS
- The Florida Experiment: Transferring Power from Judges to Prosecutors, Vincent Schiraldi and Jason Ziedenberg, Spring 2000, Criminal Justice Magazine
- Recidivism Rates in Juvenile Versus Criminal Court, 2000, Juvenile Forensic Evaluation Resource Center
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Communities Helping Kids (full article subscribers only): Why diversion, outreach, and counseling programs serve troubled children -- and society -- better than prisons.
David Marcus
Additional Reading:
- Less Crime for Less Money -- Solutions for Working with Juvenile Offenders (PDF), Summer 2005, Indiana Youth Institute
- Reforming Juvenile Justice Through Comprehensive Community Planning (PDF), National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- Behind the Walls and Beyond: Restorative Justice, Instrumental Communties, and Effective Residential Treatment (PDF), Winter 2005, Juvenile and Family Court Journal
- Program Gives Youth Alternative to Jail Time, 11/9/04, Daily Press & Argus, Bridges4Kids.org
- County-Based Juvenile Justice Alternatives: Financing Options (PDF), July 2001, Jane Addams Juvenile Court Foundation
- Guide for Implementing the Comprehensive Strategy for Serious, Violent, and Chronic Juvenile Offenders (PDF), 1993, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Study Faults Juvenile Justice for Poor in Texas, 10/24/00, Houston Chronicle
- Restorative Practices at Community Prep High School in New York City, Laura Mirsky, Safer Saner Schools
- What It Takes to Pull Me Through: Why Teenagers Get in Trouble -- and How Four of Them Got Out, David Marcus, 2005
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A Culture of Caring (full article subscribers only): With an inspired leader at the helm, Missouri shows the rest of the nation an effective -- and cost-effective -- reform model for young offenders.
Ayelish McGarvey
Additional Reading:
- Missouri Juvenile Justice Practices Praised, and Copied, as National Model, 3/5/05, Associated Press, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
- Juvenile Justice in Missouri Serves as Model For Nation, Matthew Franck, 10/6/03, CYCnet
- Small is Beautiful: The Missouri Division of Youth Services, Dick Mendel, Advocasey (Spring 2003), Annie E. Casey Foundation*
- The Impact of Teen Court on Young Offenders (PDF), Jeffrey A. Butts, Janeen Buck, and Mark B. Coggershall, April 2002, Urban Institute
- Guided By a Different Philosophy, Mark Fuhrman, 10/14/01, Columbia Daily Tribune
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Bayou Betterment (full article subscribers only): In Louisiana, a new juvenile justice system is emerging, with the governor's strong support. If reform can happen here, it can succeed anywhere.
Katy Reckdahl
Additional Reading:
- Juvenile Center Changes Benefit Inmates at Bridge City Facility, Joe Gyan, Jr., 7/15/05, The Advocate
- LSU AgCenter Agents Teaching Juvenile Detainees About Good Character, 5/26/05, LSU AgCenter
- Independent LA. Youth Agency Wins Backing, 4/16/04, Juvenile Justice Digest
- Privately Run Juvenile Prison in Louisiana is Attacked for Abuse of 6 Inmates, Fox Butterfield, 3/16/00, New York Times, PrisonAct
- Bridge City Correctional Facility Review, National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
- Reclaiming Children from the Prison System (PDF), Applied Research Center
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Race and Redemption (full article subscribers only): Reform is coming to juvenile justice. But except in pioneering communities, it still comes too slowly for black and Latino youths.
Ellis Cose
Additional Reading:
- District of Columbia Responses to Youth Violence: Impact on the Latino Community (PDF), 11/20/04, National Council of La Raza*
- Racial Disparity Pervades Texas' Criminal Justice System, Juan Sanchez and Jessica Munoz, 2/5/04, Austin American-Statesman
- Reducing Racial Disparities in Juvenile Detention (PDF), 2002, Annie E. Casey Foundation*
- The Multnoma Success Story (PDF), 1/3/02, Justice Policy Institute
- Off Balance: Youth, Race, and Crime in the News (PDF), 4/19/01, Building Blocks for Youth
- Drugs and Disparity (PDF), 1/17/01, Building Blocks for Youth
- Addressing Disproportionate Minority Representation Within the Juvenile Justice System, September 2000, Building Blocks for Youth
- Replicating Detention Reform: Lessons from the Florida Detention Initiative (PDF), 1999, Annie E. Casey Foundation*
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Detention Redemption (full article subscribers only): In one California county, progressive leaders and law-enforcement officials are transforming a troubled juvenile-justice system.
Peggy Townsend
Additional Reading:
- Fewer Juvenile Youth Detained in Juvenile Hall, Jason Shultz, 7/19/02, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Building Blocks for Youth
- Jobs, Not Juvenile Hall; Instead of Getting Tough on Young Offenders, Santa Cruz County Puts Most Under House Arrest. The Data Show the Approach is Working, Eric Bailey, 12/18/00, Los Angeles Times, Justice Policy Institute
- Juvenile Detention Reform in Santa Cruz County (PDF), John P. Rhoades, Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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Cruel Convergence (full article subscribers only): The era of get-tough juvenile justice is also the era of managed care, and children with mental-health needs are caught in the crossfire.
Sam Rosenfeld
Additional Reading:
- County Praised for Work with Juveniles, Leann Holt, 7/28/05, Albuquerque Journal
- California Kids with Mental Illness Warehoused in Juvenile Detention, 1/24/05, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law*
- Screening and Assessing Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (PDF), December 2004, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
- Criminal Neglect: Substance Abuse, Juvenile Justice, and the Children Left Behind (PDF), October 2004, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse
- The Role of Specialty Mental Health Courts in Meeting the Needs of Juvenile Offenders, September 2004, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law*
- Moving Toward an Integrated Policy for Youth (PDF), November 2003, National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
- A Survey of Mental Health Care Delivery to Youth in the California Juvenile Justice System (PDF), September 2003, National Council on Crime and Delinquency
- Suspending Disbelief: Moving Beyond Punishment to Promote Effective Interventions for Children with Mental or Emotional Disorders (PDF), May 2003, Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law*
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* Denotes a Moving Ideas Network member or partner
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