Status Offenders

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Dec
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National Status Offense Standards Help Build Momentum for Reform

By Annie Salsich Director, Center on Youth Justice at the Vera Institute of Justice Momentum continues to build nationally for ways to limit the reach of the juvenile justice system, relying less on court interventions and incarceration and more on safe and effective community-based options. This momentum makes the experience of youth who commit status offenses—a range of behaviors, such as running away from home, skipping school, or violating curfew, which are prohibited under law only because of an individual’s status as a minor—all the more striking.
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Better Responses to Youth Who Commit Status Offenses Webinar

Want to do a better job of diverting youth who commit status offenses from the juvenile justice system? 

CJJ and the National Juvenile Justice Network hosted a webinar on Better Responses to Youth Who Commit Status Offenses on November 12. National and state experts in this webinar (sponsored by the National Juvenile Justice Network and the Coalition for Juvenile Justice), discussed:

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Oct
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Op-Ed: Improving the Court’s Response to Status Offenders

By the Honorable Michael Nash, Presiding Judge, Juvenile Court at Los Angeles Superior Court We are now approaching the last quarter of 2013 and the subject of status offenders and what we should do with them or for them is still an active subject of discussion within the framework of our juvenile justice systems, and rightfully so. This is so despite the fact that our courts, law enforcement entities, child advocates, communities and law makers have been talking about this issue for more than 40 years. This is so despite the fact that our courts, law enforcement entities, child advocates, communities and law makers have been talking about this issue for more than 40 years. My bookshelves are lined with reports, studies, journals, task forces and more on the subject. Will we ever get it right?
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