Juvenile Justice

In an effort to improve the judicial response to 16 and 17 year old offenders, the Center for Court Innovation is helping the New York State Court System pilot the Adolescent Diversion Program.

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Linda Baird discusses the Youth Justice Board, which brings together high schoolers across New York City to study and make recommendations about justice policies that affect their peers.

A look at the Attendance Achievement Program, a pilot program that offers schools a new tool to combat chronic absenteeism by supporting students and their families.

By Kelli Henry

This report provides a process and outcome evaluation of QUEST Futures, a program designed to reduce repeat offending by young people with mental illnesses in the juvenile justice system by providing mental health assessments, treatment planning, service coordination and family support. Process evaluation findings show that most youth enrolled in the program voluntarily; outcome findings include improvements in school behavior and attendance and improvements in family and interpersonal functioning.

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.