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Projects
Working GroupsNJJN explores issues in juvenile justice and advances reform through its working groups. Working groups are generally committee-led, long-term projects that delve deep into substantive areas, such as international standards in juvenile justice, engaging families in juvenile justice advocacy, and developing new leaders in juvenile justice reform. Juvenile Justice Leadership Development Institute
The Juvenile Justice Leadership Development Institute’s mission is to create the foundation for a more effective juvenile justice reform movement by developing a strong base of well prepared and well trained advocates and organizers who reflect the communities most affected by juvenile justice system practices and policies, with a particular focus on cultivating and supporting leaders of color, youth and family members. To learn more about the Institute, click here or e-mail info@njjn.org.
Information HubNJJN serves as a hub for information and referral. The Network connects state advocates to each other and to national resources that can assist them in their work. Because state advocates are usually in the forefront of juvenile justice reform in their states, NJJN has the latest information about advances and news in the field. One way that NJJN disseminates this information is through its e-newsletter. To view past e-newsletters, click here. To sign up to receive NJJN's e-newsletter, email info@njjn.org.
PublicationsNJJN issues periodic policy papers, policy platforms, fact sheets, and research summaries on topics of interest to its members and the juvenile justice reform field. Past policy papers include: Using Adolescent Brain Research to Inform Policy, Polling on Public Attitudes About the Treatment of Young Offenders, Engaging Young People in Juvenile Justice Reform, and Human Rights as a Catalyst for Juvenile Justice Reform. Policy platforms state NJJN’s recommendations on several topics, including conditions of confinement, disproportionate minority contact, girls in the juvenile justice system, the school to prison pipeline, sex offender registries, reentry, and positive youth development. NJJN also publishes an annual compilation of Advances in Juvenile Justice Reform throughout the country. Click here to browse NJJN publications.
ConferencesAnnual Gathering
Each year NJJN members and partners gather in an annual forum where they explore current issues in juvenile justice, set priorities, gain advocacy skills, and elect leadership. NJJN held its seventh annual forum in Washington, D.C. in June 2009.
Teleconferences
NJJN hosts multi-state teleconferences through which experts in the field share information, research, and strategies with NJJN members, partners, and allies in the field. Recent teleconference topics include:
1. Challenges of Implementing Evidence-Based Practices with Youth of Color
2. Key Elements of Model School Disciplinary Codes
3. Information on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and its Reauthorization
4. How the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA) Affects Juveniles
5. Adolescent Brain Development: Tools and Strategies for Advocates
Models for ChangeNJJN is pleased to be a part of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change initiative. Models for Change is a national initiative to accelerate reform of juvenile justice systems across the country. Focused on efforts in select states, the initiative aims to create replicable models for reform that effectively hold young people accountable for their actions, provide for their rehabilitation, protect them from harm, increase their life chances, and manage the risk they pose to themselves and to public safety.
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African-American (43%) and Latino (37%) youth are more likely than White youth (26%) to receive a sentence of incarceration, as opposed to a split sentence or probation. [ more facts]
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