Author: Lou Ann McGaheyPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Study of County-Level Policy Innovation: Juvenile Justice Councils in Illinois
Author: Lou Ann McGaheyReport of the Legislative Committee on Juvenile Justice
Author: Illinois. General Assembly. Legislative Committee on Juvenile JusticePublisher:
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Category : Juvenile justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 266
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Juvenile Justice Information Policies in Illinois
Author: Illinois Criminal Justice Information AuthorityPublisher:
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Category : Criminal records
Languages : en
Pages : 124
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Juvenile Justice Information Policies in Illinois
Author: Illinois Criminal Justice Information AuthorityPublisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Reforming Juvenile Justice
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309278937
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 463
Book Description
Adolescence is a distinct, yet transient, period of development between childhood and adulthood characterized by increased experimentation and risk-taking, a tendency to discount long-term consequences, and heightened sensitivity to peers and other social influences. A key function of adolescence is developing an integrated sense of self, including individualization, separation from parents, and personal identity. Experimentation and novelty-seeking behavior, such as alcohol and drug use, unsafe sex, and reckless driving, are thought to serve a number of adaptive functions despite their risks. Research indicates that for most youth, the period of risky experimentation does not extend beyond adolescence, ceasing as identity becomes settled with maturity. Much adolescent involvement in criminal activity is part of the normal developmental process of identity formation and most adolescents will mature out of these tendencies. Evidence of significant changes in brain structure and function during adolescence strongly suggests that these cognitive tendencies characteristic of adolescents are associated with biological immaturity of the brain and with an imbalance among developing brain systems. This imbalance model implies dual systems: one involved in cognitive and behavioral control and one involved in socio-emotional processes. Accordingly adolescents lack mature capacity for self-regulations because the brain system that influences pleasure-seeking and emotional reactivity develops more rapidly than the brain system that supports self-control. This knowledge of adolescent development has underscored important differences between adults and adolescents with direct bearing on the design and operation of the justice system, raising doubts about the core assumptions driving the criminalization of juvenile justice policy in the late decades of the 20th century. It was in this context that the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) asked the National Research Council to convene a committee to conduct a study of juvenile justice reform. The goal of Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach was to review recent advances in behavioral and neuroscience research and draw out the implications of this knowledge for juvenile justice reform, to assess the new generation of reform activities occurring in the United States, and to assess the performance of OJJDP in carrying out its statutory mission as well as its potential role in supporting scientifically based reform efforts.
Handbook of the Illinois Juvenile Justice System
Author: Illinois Juvenile Court Watching ProjectPublisher:
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Category : Juvenile courts
Languages : en
Pages : 13
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A Study of Disproportionate Minority Representation in the Cook County Juvenile Justice System
Author: Enhancing Local Juvenile Justice Systems in Illinois
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Community-based corrections
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This guidebook is intended to be used as a reference manual and information guide for existing councils and jurisdictions considering convening a council. The manual discusses juvenile justice plan development, grant writing and interagency agreements.
A Profile of Juvenile Justice System Activities and Juvenile Delinquency Risk Factors in Clinton County
Author: Illinois Criminal Justice Information AuthorityPublisher:
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Category : Clinton County (Ill.)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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A Profile of Juvenile Justice System Activities and Juvenile Delinquency Risk Factors in Lawrence County
Author: Illinois Criminal Justice Information AuthorityPublisher:
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Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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