Juvenile Justice
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See also Our Work: Juvenile Justice, an overview of Casey's investment in this issue.
Learn about the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative.
Featured Slideshow
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.
JDAI Newsletter Spring 2011
2011
This issue of JDAI News reports on an electronic tool developed by the Foundation to improve the collection and reporting of JDAI data and a prestigious award given to the W. Hayward Burns Institute for its work on behalf of youth of color. JDAI interviews Cook County, Ill., Juvenile Judge Carol Kelly. JDAI site updates include Cook County (Chicago), Ill., Multnomah (Portland), Ore., Hennepin County, Minn., Summit County, Ohio, Bernalillo (Albuquerque), N.M., Harris County (Houston), Texas, and Montana.
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No Place for Kids: The Case for Reducing Juvenile Incarceration, Issue Brief
2011
This issue brief summarizes a report which assembles decades of research as well as persuasive new data to demonstrate that America’s heavy reliance on juvenile incarceration has not paid off, and in fact, is a failed strategy for combating youth crime.
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The Missouri Model: Reinventing the Practice of Rehabilitating Youthful Offenders
2010
The state of Missouri’s approach to juvenile detention is designed to help troubled teens make lasting behavioral changes so that they can successfully transition back to their communities. This report explores the success of the model and builds the case for juvenile detention reform.
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KIDS COUNT Issue Brief: Rethinking Juvenile Detention in Ohio
2010
This issue describes how Ohio is currently in the process of examining its approach to juvenile justice such as the use of incarceration and its effects on the community, families, and youths.
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JDAI Newsletter October 2010
2010
This issue of JDAI News distributed at the 2010 JDAI Inter-Site Conference examines the statewide expansion of JDAI in Missouri. In his column "From the Foundation," Casey's Bart Lubow describes how the foundation will move beyond detention reform into the dispositional end of the system. The foundation announces OJJDP investments in JDAI expansion. Updates are included for the following JDAI Sites: Ventura County, California; Harris County, Texas; Louisiana; Clark County, Nevada; Dallas County, Texas; New Jersey; Santa Cruz, California; Multnomah, Oregon; St. Louis County, Minnesota; Ohio; South Dakota; Adams County, Washington; and Orange County, California.
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