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In Ten Strategies to Reduce Juvenile Length of Stay Juvenile Law Center draws from a 50 state review of state statutes, conversations with national stakeholders and decision-makers, and input from preeminent researchers and scholars in the field. The publication aims to start a deeper conversation about state policies – including agency policy, state statute, and regulations – that can address the problem of unnecessarily long stays in juvenile facilities.
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Children in the juvenile justice system are at high-risk of falling behind educationally and dropping out of school. Responsible information-sharing can help address these problems. This publication explores how education records can be responsibly shared with juvenile justice staff under one relevant federal law, the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
Failed Policies, Forfeited Futures: A Nationwide Scorecard on Juvenile Records , is the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of state policies that govern the confidentiality and expungement of juvenile court and law enforcement records. No state earned the maximum five-star rating, with the national average coming in at three stars out of the possible five stars.
Public access to records of juvenile arrests, court proceedings and dispositions can impede successful transitions to adulthood for many youth, especially when these records remain available long after the youth’s involvement with the juvenile justice system has ended. These records can create obstacles for youth seeking employment, education, housing and other opportunities. In this National Review , we provide an overview of state laws and policies on confidentiality, sealing and expungement, and note how many of these state laws and policies fail to adequately protect children.
True to its title, this report aims to help jurisdictions embed the goals of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) into state law.
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Sets forth key risks of and opportunities for using research on trauma in youth advocacy, and focuses on legal strategies advocates can use in court, and the state and local policies needed to support these strategies.