Publications

Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative

The Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative in 1992 to demonstrate that communities could safely reduce their reliance on secure detention of young people.

• JDAI Standards  May 2006 [Download]
  
• JDAI "How To" Tools [Download]
  

Congress Project: Federal Legislation / JJDPA Reauthorization

The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act is the single most important piece of federal legislation affecting youth in juvenile justice systems across the country.

Newsletters

DMC eNews reports on efforts to reduce Disproportionate Minority Contact, or DMC, in juvenile justice systems in the DMC Action Network. Sign up here to receive DMC eNews by email.

• DMC eNews Issue #5 -- DMC Reductions: Signs of Progress  Aug 2009 [Download]
  
• DMC eNews Issue #4 -- Third Annual DMC Action Network Meeting  Jul 2009 [Download]
  
• DMC eNews Issue #3 -- Burns Institute Data  Feb 2009 [Download]
  
• DMC eNews Issue #2 -- What DMC Reduction Is-- and Is Not  Dec 2008 [Download]
  
• DMC eNews Issue #1 -- Intro to the DMC Action Network  Nov 2008 [Download]
  

Other Publications

• Testimony on the Prison Litigation Reform Act  Nov 2007 [Download]
  
• Guidelines for Collecting and Recording the Race and Ethnicity of Juveniles in Conjunction with Juvenile Delinquency Disposition Reporting to the Juvenile Court Judges' Commission  Oct 2006 [Download]
  
• An Overview of the JDAI Facility Site Assessment Process: Guidelines for Planning, Conducting and Reporting  May 2006 [Download]
  
• Keystones for Reform - Pennsylvania  Oct 2005 [Download]