Juvenile Justice

By Rachel Swaner and Elise White

A report documenting the program planning, curriculum, and evaluation findings from Youth ECHO (Expanding Community Horizons by Organizing), a youth organizing program in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CR200000

Amy Pumo is the director of the Child and Adolescent Witness Support Program located in the Bronx District Attorney’s Office.

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Judge Joseph Gubbay, who presides over one of nine pilot sites of the Adolescent Diversion Program, explains how the initiative is expanding the justice system's options for dealing with 16- and 17-year-old defendants, who are currently treated under New York law as adults, even for non-violent offenses.

By Samantha Moore and Michelle Zeitler

This report presents a process evaluation of the Children Come First (CCF) Program, a problem-solving matrimonial court designed to provide a more effective and child-centered response to high conflict divorce cases involving custody issues.

http://www.juvjustice.org/

By Rachel Swaner and Elise White

This study sought to understand how teenagers in a low-income and geographically isolated area of Brooklyn think about and engage in delinquent behavior using individual interview, focus group, and survey data.