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 and will be helpful with writing grants and reports.
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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.
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Making Youth Court as Effective as Possible
This eight (8) page technical assistance bulletin examines program in the state of Kentucky over a twelve year period. It provides some solid ideas for what to do and what not to do. It is important to note Kentucky
is one of the few states where the programs are operated more similar
than other states where local programs within a state can operate them
very different, albeit with similar outcomes anticipated. This bulletin was funded and published by the ABA and OJJDP. Deborah
Williamson, James Wells, Mabel McKinney-Browning, and Scott B. Peterson
are responsible for this technical assistance bulletin enhancing the
Global Youth Justice Movement.
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