JUVENILE CORRECTIONS RESOURCES
These are Juvenile Corrections Resources.
Please also see:
Juvenile Justice (U.S.) || Juvenile Justice (International)
Juveniles Tried/Sentenced as Adults || Youth Violence
ARTICLES/INFORMATION/RESEARCH
(click here for Organizations/Agencies)
Age Raising Ethical Questions
The Associated Press, December, 3, 2000
An Artistic Avenue For Juvenile Offenders
Daily Herald, July 29, 2002
Boy Raped in Juvenile Center
Orlando Sentinel, May 4, 2001
County Settles Suit In Hanging
Mercury News, April 12, 2002
Federal Inquiry: Justice Department Examines Conditions At State Youth Facilities
Phoenix New Times, June 27, 2002
Health Care for Children and Adolescents in the Juvenile Correctional Care System
Policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics, April 2001.
Incarcerate or Educate?
The Village Voice, February 27 - March 5, 2002
- City Is Urged Not to Add Jail Space for Juveniles
The New York Times, April 5, 2002 - New York Halts Plan to Add Jail Space for Youths
The New York Times, June 26, 2002
"Interview with Pirate"
An excerpt from The Life-style Violent Juvenile, by Andrew Vachss. Before any of his novels were ever published, Andrew Vachss turned his frontline experiences into a textbook in which he detailed a plan for total reformation of incarceration—and treatment—modalities aimed at juveniles convicted of serious, violent offenses.
Juvenile Female Offenders: A Status of the States Report
Report from the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention, October 1998.
Justice by Gender: The Lack of Appropriate Prevention, Diversion and Treatment Alternatives for Girls in the Juvenile Justice System
>A report jointly issued by the American Bar Association and the National Bar Association, May 1, 2001.
Juvenile Justice and Tribal Youth Corrections
From the Juvenile Justice Journal, a series of articles regarding Native American tribal youth and juvenile corrections, as well as tribal prevention programs.
Kids in Captivity
The Village Voice, February 27 - March 5, 2002
Kids in Prison, Part 1
The Miami Herald, March 18, 2001
- Kids in Prison, Part 2
The Miami Herald, March 19, 2001
The Life-Style Violent Juvenile
Information on obtaining the CD version of Andrew Vachss' 1979 textbook with plans for total reform of incarceration and treatment modalities in maximum-security juvenile facilities.
New Bill Protects Kids In Prison
The Miami Herald, May 4, 2001
- Fla. Gov. Bush Signs Prison Bill
The Associated Press, June 13, 2001
Paying For Our Inaction
by Andrew Vachss, New York Newsday, April 28, 1989
Prison at 14: Teenage Girls Serve Time With Adult Inmates
Detroit Free Press, July 10, 2000
Protection at a Price?
Newsday, February 16, 2002
- Ex-Guard at Juvenile Center Gets 5 Months for Shakedown
Newsday, July 16, 2002
Segregation of Teenage Inmates is 'Child Abuse'
The Independent, February 11, 2002
State Responses to Serious and Violent Juvenile Crime
Report from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service which documents and analyzes national changes in the handling of serious and violent juvenile offenders from 1992 to 1995. [PDF]
States Adjust Adult Prisons to Needs of Youth Inmates
The New York Times, July 25, 2001
Stripped and Searched, Even at Age 13
The New York Times, July 18, 2001./p>
'Tell Them So They Listen': Messages from Young People in Custody
Report from the British Home Office Research Studies Division. [PDF]
Youth Board Set to Hear Sex Charges Against Two
The Birmingham News, June 16, 2001
- Sex Scandal Breaks at Girls Prison
The Associated Press, June 17, 2001
Youth Justice Renewal
Information about the youth justice system in Canada, from the Canadian Department of Justice.
Youth Prison Not Safe For Children
The Observer, May 19, 2002
ORGANIZATIONS/AGENCIES
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Juvenile Info Network
www.juvenilenet.org
JIN is intended to encourage communications among juvenile justice professionals and to foster the development of new reform programs in systems at the state and local levels.
National Center for Juvenile Justice
710 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
Phone: (412) 227-6955
ncjj.servehttp.com/NCJJWebsite/main.htm
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
P.O. Box 6000
Rockville, MD 20849-6000
Phone: (301) 519-5500
TTY local: (301) 947-8374
Toll-free: 1-800-851-3420
TTY Toll-free: (877) 712-9279
www.ncjrs.org
The NCJRS is an extensive source of information on criminal and juvenile justice, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals.
National Juvenile Detention Association
Eastern Kentucky University
301 Perkins Building
521 Lancaster Avenue
Richmond, Kentucky 40475-3102
Phone: (859) 622-6259
www.njda.com
The NJDA exists exclusively to advance the science, processes, and art of juvenile detention services through the overall improvement of the juvenile justice profession.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)
810 Seventh Street, NW
Washington, DC 20531
Phone: (202) 307-5911
ojjdp.ncjrs.org
The OJJDP is the office of the U.S. Department of Justice responsible for working with states and communities to develop programs to prevent and control juvenile delinquency.
