The Impact of Teen Court on Youth Offenders
This forty-eight (48) page publication is the final report on the federally funded evaluation of Teen Courts and it was conducted by the Urban Institute.  It is the most current and most thorough research available on teen courts and youth courts available.  Rare recidivism rates are reported.  More than 500 cases from four (4) sites in four (4) states were compared with similar cases handled by the traditional juvenile justice system.  Alaska, Missouri, Arizona, and Maryland are the four (4) states.  This report was funded by OJJDP and conducted by the Urban Institute.  This is a must read for anyone interested in teen courts, youth court, peer court, student court, and youth peer panels.

Youth Courts: An Empirical Analysis of Future Research Needs

This 48 page report includes the most recent national data available on local youth courts,
teen courts, peer courts, student courts and youth peer panels in America. This report was
officially released in early 2008, and is the most current data available as of 2010. More
than 1,000 of these local youth justice programs in America were sent surveys and more
than 350 of the staff from these programs collected and reported the data used in this report. This report was completed by George Washington University and it was funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Dr. Jeffrey Schneider was the author and distinguished researcher who undertook this national data collection analysis. Dr. Beverly Glenn and Ruth Marshall from George Washington University and Scott Bernard Peterson from Global Youth Justice we the lead administrators for this project. This report is a excellent. It will be helpful with writing reports and grants and sharing with your colleagues.