Government Innovators Network: Topic: Juvenile Justice

This page summarizes Government Innovators Network content about Juvenile Justice.

This section focuses on creative developments in the area of juvenile justice. Topics of interest include delinquency, juvenile detention, drug treatment, probation, and gang resistence. Information on youth services, education, employment, training, and drug and gang deterrence will also be included.

Kake Circle Peacemaking (73%)
Honoring Contributions in the Governance of American Indian Nations in the United States
April 8, 2005

Juvenile Justice Continuum of Services and Graduated Sanctions (73%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
2007

Program Development and Evaluation System (72%)
Innovations in American Government Awards

Performance-based Standards for Juvenile Correction and Detention Facilities (67%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
March 18, 2005

Adolescent Portable Therapy (66%)
Innovations in American Government Awards

Division of Youth Services (66%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
2008

Project Zero (57%)
Innovations in American Government Awards
2008

New Jersey Named As Annie E. Casey Foundation's First Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Model State (66%)
US States News
November 21, 2008

Author of juvenile justice report lauds Marin program (60%)
Marin Independent Journal (California)
January 8, 2009

Department of Justice Unveils New Public Service Announcements to Combat Online Exploitation of Children (39%)
U.S. Newswire
November 12, 2008

Success in an unlikely place; Alternative school makes gains at juvenile detention center (36%)
Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico)
January 6, 2009

Teen Court makes its mark in Brunswick County: Alternative justice for high schoolers celebrates 10 years (31%)
The Sun News (Myrtle Beach, South Carolina)
January 9, 2009

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Prosecution in the Community: A Study of Emergent Strategies (100%)
Catherine M. Coles, George L. Kelling
Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
September 1, 1998

Relevant Articles and Resources Compiled by the National Institue of Justice for the Online Chat: "Prisoner Reentry: Facing the Challenges of Returning Home" (95%)
National Institute of Justice
November 1, 2005

Neighborhood Revitalization: Lessons from Savannah and Baltimore (80%)
David M. Kennedy
National Institute of Justice
August 1, 1996

Community Prosecution, Problem Solving, And Public Accountability: The Evolving Strategy of the American Prosecutor (78%)
Catherine M. Coles
Wiener Center for Social Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government
October 1, 2000

Responding to Gangs (77%)
Winifred L. Reed, Scott H. Decker
U.S. Department of Justice
July 1, 2002

Community Defenders in the 21st Century: Building on a Tradition of Problem-Solving for Clients, Families and Needy Communities (73%)
Cait Clarke
U.S. Department of Justice
January 1, 2001

Reducing Gun Violence: The Boston Gun Project's Operation Ceasefire (65%)
Braga, Anthony A., David M. Kennedy, Anne M. Piehl, Elin J. Waring
U.S. Department of Justice
September 1, 2001

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