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Juvenile Justice

External Publications

FOR PARENTS

• One Parent’s Experience with the Juvenile Justice System
  Reclaiming Futures
  
• A Center for Children’s Advocacy Report: Truancy: A Closer Look, the link between unmet educational needs and truancy
  Center for Children’s Advocacy • University of Connecticut School of Law
• A National Alliance on Mental Illness Publication: Supporting Schools and Communities in Breaking the Prison Pipeline: A Guide To Emerging and Promising Crisis Intervention Programs for Youth
  NAMI, The National Alliance on Mental Illness
• The Children's Law Center of Minnesota has developed helpful information for people of all ages to understand their rights and legal options in different situations including:
  • youth guide to EXPUNGEMENT -  how expungement of criminal records can help people overcome some of the obstacles that come from having a criminal record.
    

FOR PROFESSIONALS

• Juvenile Justice Education Fact Sheet
  The National Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center
• An Advocate’s Guide to Meaningful Family Partnerships: Tips from the Field, National Juvenile Justice Network
  National Juvenile Justice Network
• Snapshot on Minnesota Youth: YOUTH IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
• Issue Briefs available from the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice:
  • Issue Brief #1: Adolescent Legal Competence in Court  
  • Issue Brief #2: Creating Turning Points for Serious Adolescent Offenders: Research in Pathways to Desistance
  • Issue Brief #3: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence
• Addressing the Unmet Educational Needs of Children and Youth in the Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare Systems
  Center for Juvenile Justice Reform • Stuart Foundation
• Using Adolescent Brain Research to Inform Policy: A Guide for Juvenile Justice Advocates
  National Juvenile Justice Network
• Center for Juvenile Justice Reform: Working Across Systems of Care
  Georgetown University (full website of good resources)
• THE CONNECTOR: Working Together for Multi-System Youth Vol. 1, Num. 1
  Center for Juvenile Justice Reform • Children's Action Corps