Criminal Justice
Comprehensive Juvenile Justice: A Legislator's Guide
Updated October 21, 1999
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New, Second Edition
Juvenile Justice Guide
The rise in rates of juvenile crime since the mid-1980s has put juvenile justice high on state legislative agendas in the 1990s. NCSL's fully revised, second-edition Guide captures recent state reforms and revealing new research in juvenile justice. Designed as a set of briefing papers, the publication takes you through the continuum of juvenile justice policy that begins in early childhood services, considers progressive sanctions and corrections issues, and extends to adult criminal justice systems.
Overview section provides key juvenile crime statistics, describes comprehensive juvenile justice both in policy and practice, and highlights major state reform legislation in recent years.
Preventing Juvenile Crime and Delinquency discusses early childhood risk factors and highlights effective services and research-based programming.
Immediate Interventions and Graduated Sanctions explores pathways to delinquency and how state legislation is using risk and needs assessment to hold juvenile offenders accountable.
Serious Offenders in the Juvenile Justice System describes juvenile detention and corrections systems and policies, including extended and blended jurisdiction systems, and strategies to address juvenile gun crime.
Treating Juveniles Like Adult Criminals explains various policies for sending juveniles to adult court, and what research shows about time served and other case outcomes. Polices to open juvenile records and proceedings and address rights of victims of juvenile crime also are addressed.
References/Glossary/Resources provides source documentation, common meanings of many juvenile justice terms, information on key resources and on assistance available from NCSL.
Comprehensive Juvenile Justice: A Legislator's Guide. ISBN 1-58024-028-3. Item #9382. Free to legislators or legislative staff and $25 for all others. To order, send e-mail to books@ncsl.org; call Rita Morris, NCSL Marketing Department, (303) 830-2054, or fax (303) 863-8003. Press Release
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