Resolution of Global Youth Justice, LLC
The 2020 Global Youth Justice Plan
Adopted on January 1, 2010 by Global Youth Justice, LLC
The 10 Year Plan: 2010 to 2020
By 2020, there will be more than 2,000 local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels operational on the planet in more than a dozen countries to include programs on every continent.
By 2020, there will be more than 225,000 youthful offenders/juveniles referred annually for disposition and sentencing to these juvenile justice programs for their offenses, crimes and/or violations.
By 2020, there will be more than 210,000 youth volunteering annually in these local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels.
By 2020, there will be more than 30,000 adults volunteering annually in these local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels.
By 2020, there will be more than 5,000 full-time and part-time professional staff working in these 2,000 local programs around the globe.
By 2020, there will be more than 2,500 active Global Youth Justice Ambassadors volunteering to serve as champions for the Global Youth Justice Movement.
The 2010 Global Youth Justice Plan was officially adopted by Global Youth Justice, LLC (www.GlobalYouthJustice.org) on January 1, 2010 in support of the Global Youth Justice Movement taking hold around the world. The Global Youth Justice Movement began taking hold in
The 2020 Global Youth Justice Plan is the ten (10) year strategic plan for the local expansion of youth courts, teen courts, student courts, peer courts, youth peer juries, and youth peer panels around the globe. Global Youth Justice, LLC strives to promote solutions which alleviate some of the world's most pressing social problems. Reducing crime and incarceration rates around the world is paramount. We support the empowerment of youth to become global youth justice champions and activists for positive social change. Youth must be at the forefront in the struggle to overcome some of our most pressing social problems and global challenges. We strive to improve the quality of life for humans through reducing crime and incarceration rates around the globe. We achieve this through favorable outcomes that result from promoting the global expansion of quality juvenile justice programs commonly referred to as youth court, teen court, peer court, student court, youth peer jury, and youth peer panel.
Log on to www.globalyouthjustice.org and join the thousands of adults and youth who are both learning about and joining in the Global Youth Justice Movement taking hold around the world.
Thank you for making the time for juvenile crime.
Scott Bernard Peterson
President and Founder
Global Youth Justice, LLC
Scott.Peterson@GlobalYouthJustice.org
Scott Bernard Peterson is president and founder of Global Youth Justice, LLC. He has worked in the United States Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and as a senior advisor to both the United Nations and UNICEF on behalf of the U.S. Department of State. Read his full bio.