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A Sensible Model for Juvenile Justice, Jeffrey A. Butts, Briefing Paper for Youth Transition Funders Group, Summer 2008
Approaching Juvenile Justice with a Focus on Positive Youth Development, NJJN Policy Platform, January 2010
Building on Strength: Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Programs, William H. Barton and Jeffrey A. Butts, Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2008
Focusing Juvenile Justice on Positive Youth Development, Jeffrey Butts, Susan Mayer and Gretchen Ruth, Chapin Hall Center for Children Issue Brief, October, 2005
Web site MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, Web site
New! Positive Youth Justice: Framing Justice Interventions Using the Concepts of Positive Youth Development, Jeffrey A. Butts, Gordon Bazemore and Aundra Saa Meroe, Coalition for Juvenile Justice, April 2010
Web site Youth Development in the Juvenile Justice System Audio Recording, Chapin Hall Breakfast Briefing, 2005, Audio Recording, Chapin Hall Breakfast Briefing, 2005
Youth Development Research Index, NJJN


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The juvenile arrest rate for motor vehicle theft fell 62% between 1990-2003. [more facts]


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