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Juvenile Justice

[POLICY BRIEF 2020] Sticker Shock: The Cost of Youth Incarceration: Jul 30, 2020; In 2014, when the Justice Policy Institute first analyzed the cost of secure youth confinement, 33…
[Policy Brief 2020] The Presence of School Resource Officers (SROs) in America's Schools: Jul 10, 2020; Communities across the country have come together to demand meaningful changes to law enforcement…
[REPORTS 2020] The Child Not the Charge: Transfer Laws Are Not Advancing Public Safety: Jun 24, 2020; Over the last 20 years, elected officials and juvenile justice system stakeholders have changed…
[REPORTS 2018] Smart, Safe, and Fair: Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence, Heal Victims of Crime, and Reduce Racial Inequality: Sep 4, 2018; [Reports 2018] Smart, Safe, and Fair: Strategies to Prevent Youth Violence, Heal Victims of Crime,…
Marc Schindler's Testimony to the D.C. Council on the Youth Rehabilitation Amendment Act of 2017: Marc Schindler, Oct 26, 2017; On October 26, JPI's Executive Director Marc Schindler testified before the D.C. Council in support…
How ‘Raise the Age’ Laws Might Reduce Recidivism: Teresa Wiltz, May 31, 2017; Citing JPI's Raise the Age report.
[REPORTS 2017] Raise the Age: Justice Policy Institute, Mar 7, 2017; Shifting to a safer and more effective juvenile justice system.
Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration: Dec 9, 2014; Our new report, Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration, provides…
Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair: Spike Bradford, Nov 13, 2013; Virginia's Justice System: Expensive, Ineffective and Unfair points to reforms that, if…
Incarceration Generation Timeline: JPI, Jun 24, 2013; The Justice Policy Institute's 2013 published "Incarceration Generation," a coffee-table book of…
DC Council Testimony on CFSA Budget Oversight Hearing: Paul D. Ashton, Justice Policy Institute, Apr 24, 2013; Testimony by Paul D. Ashton Research & Grants Coordinator, Justice Policy Institute
Video: A Blueprint for Juvenile Justice in Washington, D.C.: Apr 10, 2013; This film is based on a series of briefs focusing on youth-serving systems in the District that…
Fostering Change: How Investing In D.C.’s Child Welfare System Can Keep Kids Out of the Prison Pipeline: Katie Ishizuka and Paul D. Ashton, Apr 9, 2013; Children in Washington, D.C.’s child welfare system are at greater risk for involvement in…
Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut: How Collaboration and Commitment Have Improved Public Safety and Outcomes for Youth: Richard A. Mendel, Feb 27, 2013; Juvenile Justice Reform in Connecticut highlights the past two decades of Connecticut’s…
Two New Reports Show Juvenile Confinement Reform in Five States: Spike Bradford, Richard A. Mendel, Feb 27, 2013; Removing young people who engage in delinquent behavior from their homes and communities and…
Measured Responses: Why increasing law enforcement in schools is not an effective public safety response to the Newtown tragedy: Dec 22, 2012; In light of the horrific school shootings this month in Newtown, Connecticut, some have called for…
Mindful of the Consequences: How Improving the Mental Health of D.C. Youth Benefits the District: Melissa Neal, Justice Policy Institute, Jun 21, 2012; This brief examines the intersection of youth mental health and the justice system in Washington,…
Education Under Arrest: The Case Against Police in Schools: Amanda Petteruti, Justice Policy Institute, Nov 15, 2011; The presence of school resource officers in schools, drives up arrests, causes lasting harm to…
DC Council Testimony on Bill 19-255, Sex Offender Registration Amendment Act: Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, Jun 1, 2011; This testimony was presented to the DC City Council Committee on the Judiciary in regards to Bill…
Testimony of JPI Executive Director to D.C. Council on Improving Juvenile Justice Outcomes: Tracy Velázquez, Sep 23, 2010; Many cities, D.C. have a high rate of poverty – about 1 in 5 residents and 30 percent of…
Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense: Justice Policy Institute, Jul 7, 2010; As many as 9 in 10 youth in justice system have experienced a traumatic event, yet few such youth…
The Costs of Confinement: Why Good Juvenile Justice Policies Make Good Fiscal Sense: Amanda Petteruti, Tracy Velázquez and Nastassia Walsh-Justice Policy Institute, May 19, 2009; Approximately 93,000 young people are held in juvenile justice facilities across the United States.…
Registering Harm: How Sex Offense Registries Fail Youth Communities: Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh, Nov 21, 2008; The Adam Walsh Act will not keep our children safe. Instead, this law will consume valuable law…
Factsheet Series on SORNA Registries and Youth: Justice Policy Institute, Sep 2, 2008; The Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA)1, which mandates a national registry of…
Factsheet: DC Crime and Arrest Statistics: Justice Policy Institute, Aug 28, 2008; Locking up youth in adult jails is not an effective method for increasing public safety in District…

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