The National Juvenile Justice Network provides our members and the larger reform community with policy recommendations in specific issues areas that reflect the broad consensus of the Network’s diverse membership. These policy platforms are based on established standards in the field and provide a foundation for reform efforts.
Policy platforms are developed by a committee of NJJN members from across the country, and are approved by the entire Network voting body.
Policy Platform: Mapping Transformative Schools: From Punishment to Promise
(Public Release, January 2023)
Keep Children with Mental Health Challenges out of the Youth Legal System November 2021
Raise the Minimum Age for Trying Children in Juvenile Court National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, December 2020.
Reducing Youth Arrests: Prevention and Pre-Arrest Diversion, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, December 2019.
Supporting Immigrant Youth Caught in the Crosshairs of the Justice System, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2018.
Creating Meaningful Police and Youth of Color Relationships, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, October 2017.
Sex Offense Registration and Related Laws: Treating Youth Fairly, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2016.
Confidentiality for Youth in the Justice System, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2016. See also our recommendations to safeguard the confidentiality of youth in the justice system.
Ending the Confinement of Youth for Profit, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, July 2015; see also our policy safeguards to protect youth who are confined in for-profit facilities.
Reducing Youth Confinement, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August, 2014
Youth in the Adult System, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2013
Safe and Effective School Disciplinary Policies and Practices, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2011
Youth Reentry/Aftercare, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, July 2010
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Juvenile Justice Systems, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, May 2010
Approaching Juvenile Justice with a Focus on Positive Youth Development, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, January 2010
Conditions of Confinement, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2009
Girls in the Juvenile Justice System, National Juvenile Justice Network policy platform, August 2009