Web Directory

» American Bar Association's Juvenile Justice Center
   Information about juvenile justice issues and advocacy. Includes a special section devoted to the issue of capital punishment, as well as access to publications and juvenile justice-related links.
   http://www.abanet.org/dch/committee.cfm?com=CR200000

» An Evolving Juvenile Court
   Articles reviewing the first 100 years of juvenile courts.
   http://www.ncjrs.gov/html/ojjdp/jjjournal1299/

» Association of Juvenile Compact Administrators
   ACJA is the governing body of the Interstate Compact on Juveniles, which provides statutory authority for regulating the transfer of juvenile probation and parole supervision across state boundaries, provides for the return of non-adjudicated runaway yout
   http://ajca.us/

» Building Blocks for Youth
   Information on efforts to protect minority youth in the justice system.
   http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/

» Coalition for Juvenile Justice
   A nonprofit organization made up of governor-appointed advisory groups, providing training and technical assistance related to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
   http://www.juvjustice.org/

» Cornell Law School's Legal Information Institute Page On Juvenile Justice
   An overview of juvenile law with links to key primary and secondary sources.
   http://fatty.law.cornell.edu/topics/juvenile.html

» Delinquents or Criminals: Policy Options for Young Offenders
   An Urban Institute article examining changes in the juvenile justice system.
   http://www.urban.org/publications/307452.html

» Department of Justice: United States Attorneys Kids Page
   Information on the federal justice system.
   http://www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/kidspage/

» Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
   Information on the state's juvenile justice system, including research and statistics, and program descriptions.
   http://www.djj.state.fl.us/

» How to Manipulate Juvenile Prosecutors
   An explanation of juvenile court law and procedure in Utah. This is an updated version of an article published in the BYU Journal of Public Law.
   http://www.xmission.com/~wake/utahjuvenilelaw.html

» Juvenile Justice Links
   Juvenile justice-related list of links maintained by FSU School of Criminology professor Cecil Greek.
   http://www.criminology.fsu.edu/jjclearinghouse/jjlinks.html

» Juvenile Justice Trainer's Association
   An organization devoted to developing and advancing a specialized system of education and training for juvenile justice professionals.
   http://www.jjta.org/

» Koch Crime Institute
   A privately-funded research and policy organization which studies the criminal justice system and identifies the best ways to reduce and prevent crime, especially juvenile crime.
   http://www.kci.org/

» National Center for Juvenile Justice
   A research center providing information on juvenile and family justice systems, for use in improving such systems. Includes a fifty state comparison of juvenile justice systems.
   http://ncjj.org/

» National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
   NCJFCJ's site is aimed primarily at judges, but its information and resources on juvenile courts and family courts will interest a broader audience as well.
   http://www.ncjfcj.org/

» National Juvenile Defender Center
   Developed to build the capacity of the juvenile defense bar and to improve access to counsel and quality of representation for children in the justice system.
   http://www.njdc.info/

» National Youth Gang Center
   Assists state and local jurisdictions in the collection, analysis, and exchange of information on gang-related demographics, legislation, literature, research, and promising program strategies.
   http://www.iir.com/nygc/

» Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
   OJJDP, part of the U.S. Department of Justice, helps state and local governments implement effective prevention and intervention programs to improve their juvenile justice systems. This site provides information on a broad range of juvenile justice-relate
   http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/

» Tennessee Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
   Training organization for Tennessee judicial officers and juvenile court staff, and data collection agency.
   http://www.tennessee.gov/tcjfcj

» The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice
   A non-profit organization whose mission is to reduce society's reliance on the use of incarceration.
   http://www.cjcj.org/

» Youth Restorative Action Project
   YRAP is an Ottawa-based Youth Justice Committee sanctioned under section 18 of the Youth Criminal Justice Act. YRAP is completely youth run and mandated to work in Youth Court with youth who have caused criminal harm as a result of racism, intolerance, an
   http://www.yrap.org