Reports Relevant to Juvenile Justice

Reflections on the Failure to Reduce Racial & Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System

The W. Haywood Burns Institute is releasing a series of reports in 2009 that will examine the tools and methods the Institute has found are effective to reduce disparities in juvenile justice systems across the country. The first of the series can be found at http://www.burnsinstitute.org/article.php?id=83

Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice- 2008 Annual Report

The Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice (FACJJ) has published its 2008 Annual Report to the President and Congress. The report addresses significant issues facing our nation's juvenile justice system. Primary among its concerns, the FACJJ urges reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. (Please click on the above link to get a copy of the report.)

Report on the Beahvioral Health Program for Youth Committed to DJJ

A team of independent experts reviewing programming at the eight Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Facilities at the request of DJJ director Kurt Friedenauer reported that Illinois has made some progress in meeting the behavioral health needs of youth committed to the state, but the experts also found serious deficiencies (in mental health, trauma, and substance abuse programming) and recommended ways to improve programming in the state’s eight institutions. The report provides detailed assessments of the state's current capacity to serve the behavioral health needs of committed youth and makes recommendations based on the assessment team’s findings.

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