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New! Improving Outcomes for Status Offenders in the JJDPA Reauthorization, Nancy Gannon Hornberger, Juvenile and Family Justice TODAY, Summer 2010
Making Court the Last Resort: A New Focus for Supporting Families in Crisis, Sara Mogulescu and Gaspar Caro, Vera Institute of Justice, December 2008
Reducing the Use of Detention for Status Offenses in Kentucky, Kentucky Youth Advocates, June 2009
New! Representing Juvenile Status Offenders, Hannah Benton et al., American Bar Association, 2010
Status Offenses and the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: The Exception that Swallowed the Rule, Patricia J. Arthur and Regina Waugh, Seattle Journal for Social Justice, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2009
New! The Dichotomy of Judicial Leadership: Working with the Community to Improve Outcomes for Status Youth, By Judge Steven C. Teske (Georgia) and Judge J. Brian Huff (Alabama), Juvenile and Family Court Journal, Spring 2010


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46 states authorize or require juvenile court judges to waive jurisdiction over individual cases involving minors, so as to allow prosecution in adult criminal courts. [more facts]


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