NJJN | Resource Details: Breaking the Cycle of Abuse in Juvenile Facilities

Focuses on abuse of youth in custody in California, Texas, Florida, and Indiana. Reviews data on abuse of youth in juvenile facilities and calls attention to areas where data is lacking.

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The report makes several recommendations for reform, including reduced facility size; research-based risk and needs assessment classification systems to identify those youth most likely to be victims and victimizers; youth access to reporting and grievance systems that result in genuine and thorough investigations of their alleged victimization; and adolescent living environments in facilities that are as normal as possible.

[1]: http://njjn.org/media/resources/public/resource_984.pdf