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Second Chances: The Success Stories
A collection of success stories, showing what happened to children given second chances by juvenile courts. Some of these success stories involve now-famous people.
http://www.cjcj.org/centennial/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
OJJDP, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, helps state and local governments implement effective prevention and intervention programs to improve their juvenile justice systems. This site provides information on a broad range of juvenile justice-related matters.
http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org
The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
A non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration.
http://www.cjcj.org/
National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
NCJFCJ's site is aimed primarily at judges, but its information and resources on juvenile courts and family courts will interest a broader audience as well.
http://www.ncjfcj.org/
Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
Training organization for Tennessee judicial officers and juvenile court staff, and data collection agency.
http://www.tennessee.gov/tcjfcj
Rizer
Information and advice for young people about the law, crime and the consequences of offending. Utilized Flash extensively.
http://www.rizer.co.uk/
National Center for Juvenile Justice
A research center providing information on juvenile and family justice systems, for use in improving such systems. Includes a fifty state comparison of juvenile justice systems.
http://ncjj.org/
National Criminal Justice Reference Service's Juvenile Justice Publications
NCJRS's reference location for many PDF, HTML, and ASCI II publications on juvenile justice.
http://virlib.ncjrs.org/JuvenileJustice.asp
National Youth Gang Center
Assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising program strategies.
http://www.iir.com/nygc/
Building Blocks for Youth
Information on efforts to protect minority youth in the justice system.
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/
Koch Crime Institute
A privately-funded research and policy organization which studies the criminal justice system and identifies the best ways to reduce and prevent crime, especially juvenile crime.
http://www.kci.org/
American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center
Information about juvenile justice issues and advocacy. Includes a special section devoted to the issue of capital punishment, as well as access to publications and juvenile justice-related links.
http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/
Kids and the Law
A guide to the law as it affects young people, designed for parents. Created by the State Bar of California, this site focuses on California law.
http://www.calbar.org/2pub/3kids/3kidsndx.htm
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
A nonprofit organization made up of governor-appointed advisory groups, providing training and technical assistance related to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
http://www.juvjustice.org/
Juvenile Justice Trainer's Association
An organization devoted to developing and advancing a specialized system of education and training for juvenile justice professionals.
http://www.jjta.org/
Chicago Teen Law
Information for teens about the law, their rights and responsibilities, and legal careers.
http://www.chicagoteenlaw.org/
How to Manipulate Juvenile Prosecutors
An explanation of juvenile court law and procedure in Utah. This is an updated version of an article published in the BYU Journal of Public Law.
http://www.xmission.com/~wake/utahjuvenilelaw.html
Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
Information on the state's juvenile justice system, including research and statistics, and program descriptions.
http://www.djj.state.fl.us
Delinquents or Criminals: Policy Options for Young Offenders
An Urban Institute article examining changes in the juvenile justice system.
http://www.urban.org/crime/delinq.html
Department of Justice: Justice for Kids and Youth
An informative site from the DOJ for kids, parents and teachers. Also includes do's and don'ts for the Internet.
http://www.usdoj.gov/kidspage/
Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Page On Juvenile Justice
An overview of juvenile law with links to key primary and secondary sources.
http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/juvenile.html
The Juvenile Information Network
Encourages communication among juvenile justice professionals and works for the development of new reform programs in systems.
http://www.juvenilenet.org/
Juvenile Justice Resources
Publications and sites edited by the Michigan State University Libraries.
http://www.lib.msu.edu/harris23/crimjust/juvenile.htm
Juvenile Offenders and Troubled Teens
North Carolina Wesleyan College Justice Studies Department. Short but well-defined glossary of legal terms and an essay on juvenile crime describing indicators of juvenile crime.
http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/juvjusp.htm
An Evolving Juvenile Court
Articles reviewing the first 100 years of juvenile courts.
http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjjournal1299/index.html
Juvenile Justice Links
Juvenile justice-related list of links maintained by FSU School of Criminology professor Cecil Greek.
http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/jjclearinghouse/jjlinks.html
National Juvenile Justice Prosecution Center
Publications and programs of the American Prosecutors Research Institute, a branch of the National District Attorneys Association.
http://www.ndaa-apri.org/apri/programs/juvenile/index.html
Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators
ACJA is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, which provides statutory authority for regulating the transfer of juvenile probation and parole supervision across state boundaries, provides for the return of non-adjudicated runaway youth to their home states, and for the return of non-adjudicated allegedly delinquent youth.
http://ajca.us/
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http://www.juvenilejusticefyi.com/
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