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This report is part of a series that explores policies that impact the front end of the criminal justice system. Each brief looks at who is entering the “front door” of the criminal justice system and gives examples of legislation, national initiatives, best practices, promising programs, and key research on timely issues. The series provides legislatures with the tools they need to consider cost-effective policies that protect public safety.

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NCSL’s first Youth Justice Fellows Program is a year-long, peer-learning opportunity designed to support legislators who are experienced or emerging leaders on youth justice issues, including: age of juvenile court jurisdiction, adolescent brain development, alternatives to detention and incarceration, due process protections, diversion and reducing system involvement, conditions of confinement, sentencing and juvenile life without parole.