Directory of Juvenile Justice Resources

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This category is for sites dealing with current issues of debate related to juvenile justice.

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• CYA Goes to Reform School

  http://www.newsreview.com/sacramento/Content?oid=33045
  Article explaining the reforms the California Youth Authority is undertaking following a court settlement, and explaining why California is adopting a Missouri model for youth corrections.

• Frontline: Juvenile Justice

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
  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.

• Frontline: Little Criminals

  http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/little/
  PBS Frontline's report on the treatment of very young offenders.

• Juvenile Prosecutors Are Not Criminal Prosecutors

  http://www.xmission.com/~wake/juvenileprosecutors.html
  An article arguing that the role of juvenile prosecutors is different from the role of criminal prosecutors.

• Juveniles on Alabama's Death Row.

  http://www.angelfire.com/al4/juveniles/
  Information on juveniles on Alabama's death row, and an argument that juveniles should not be executed.

• Juveniles Tried and Sentenced as Adults

  http://www.vachss.com/help_text/tried_sentenced_as_adults.html
  Links to articles, agencies, organizations and websites dealing with whether juveniles should be tried and sentenced as adults.

• National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice

  http://www.ncmhjj.com/
  Information arguing the mental health needs of youth in the juvenile justice system are not being met, and suggestions for how to better serve delinquent youth with mental health problems.

• The Beat Within

  http://www.beatwithin.org/
  A publication of writing and art from inside juvenile hall.

• The National Center on Education, Disability and Juvenile Justice

  http://www.edjj.org/
  Information arguing that minors with disabilities are overrepresented in the juvenile justice system, and suggestions on how to properly handle such cases.

• The W. Haywood Burns Institute

  http://www.burnsinstitute.org/
  National organization working to reduce overrepresentation of youth of color in the juvenile justice system.

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• Home > Society > Law > Legal Information > Juvenile Law
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