Juvenile Justice

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Plans and Reports

Families with Service Needs Reports

• Families with Service Needs Advisory Board Final Report
  to Connecticut General Assembly, Jun 2010

• Truancy Intervention: National Models and Connecticut Initiatives,
  Center for Children’s Advocacy, Jan 2010

• Families With Service Needs: Outcome Findings Demonstrate Success
  Excerpts from Connecticut Families With Service Needs Project Report,
  Justice Research Center, 2010

• OJJDP Report on Connecticut Families With Service Needs ,2010

• Families With Service Needs Advisory Board Report
  to the Connecticut General Assembly, Feb, 2008

• Vera Institute Report: Making Court the Last Resort,
  highlighting CT FWSN Initiatives, 2008

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Reports and Plans

• From Trauma to Tragedy: CT Girls in Adult Prison, Jul, 2008
  
  
• ACLU Report
  Hard Lessons: School Resource Officer Programs and School Based Arrests in Three Connecticut Towns Nov, 2008
  
  
• The Girls Programs Inquiry Project - Findings and Recommendations
  Alyssa Benedict, MPH, CORE Associates, LLC
  
  
• Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee Final Report
  Feb 12, 2007
  
  
• Endangered Youth: A Report on Suicide among Adolescents Involved with the Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems, Jan 2006
  
  
• Voice, Choice & Hope, Juvenile Justice Consensus Documents
  (DCF plan for the closing of CJTS), Jan 20, 2006
  
  
• Connecticut Juvenile Justice Strategic Plan: Building Toward a Better Future,
  Aug, 2006
  
  
  • Executive Summary
  • Strategic Plan
  • Strategic Plan Attachments
  • JJSP Cover Letter from DCF Commissioner Darlene Dunbar and
    CSSD Executive Director William Carbone
    
    
• Plan for a Continuum of Community-Based Services for Female Status Offenders
  and Delinquents Feb, 2005
  
  
• Not Just Child's Play: The Role of Behavioral Health Screening and Assessment in the Connecticut Juvenile Justice System, Aug 2005
  
  
• A System of Services for Girls in Connecticut, Dr. Marty Beyer, Dec 15, 2005
  
  
• Close to Home: A Report on Behavioral Health Services for Children in Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System, Feb, 2003
  

Disproportionate Minority Contact

• A Second Reassessment of Minority Overrepresentation in Connecticut's
  Juvenile Justice System Spectrum Associates, May, 2009

• Out of Balance: Failures in Addressing DMC in Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance, 2003

• A Reassessment of Minority Overrepresentation in Connecticut's Juvenile
  Justice System Spectrum Associates, Jun, 2001

Other Connecticut Resources

• FWSN Practices and Procedures M.Stone, Esq and C. Rapillo, Esq, Sep, 2007

• Non-Judicial and Judicial Case Processing Flowchart
  Juvenile Probation Services, Court Support Services Division

• The Connecticut Juvenile Justice System: A Guide for Youth and Families
  Connecticut Center for Effective Practice

• Unlocking Doors: Multisystemic Therapy for Connecticut's High Risk Children
  and Youth Connecticut Center for Effective Practice and Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut

• What Are My Rights? Know your Legal Rights in Detention
  Center for Children's Advocacy in collaboration with the Connecticut Judicial Branch
  and with funding from the Connecticut Bar Foundation. 2008

• Education vs. Incarceration
  
  The Real Cost of Failing Our Kids
  CPTV Documentary features Center for Children's Advocacy and CT Juvenile Justice Alliance, May 2011
  
  
  

Connecticut Juvenile Justice System Forms

• Erasure of Record Petition / Order
  For use by a juvenile who has been convicted of an offense and petitions the court to erase all records of the conviction. For this petition to be heard, at least 2-4 years must have passed since the date the child was discharged from the supervision of the Superior Court, discharged from custody of the DCFs, or from any other institution or agency.
  
  
• Appearance (Juvenile)
  To document the name of the attorney that will appear for the named individual.
  
  
• Application for Appointment of Counsel - Waiver of fees
  Used by the defendant to apply for the appointment of counsel and waiver of fees.
  
  
• Application for Appointment of Counsel - Waiver of fees (automatic calculations)
  Used by the defendant to apply for the appointment of counsel and waiver of fees.
  
  
• School Violence Prevention Program, Motion, Order, Disposition
  For use by a juvenile charged with violence on school property, to apply for participation in the school violence program.
  
  
• Motion for Continuance, Juvenile Matters
  To file a motion for a continuance of court proceedings with documentation of the reasons the continuance is requested.
  
  
• Motion for Intervention in Juvenile Matters
  To file a motion to the court, that the named individual would like to intervene in an existing juvenile court case.
  
  
• Complaint - Youth in Crisis
  For use by an individual who believes that the named juvenile is in crisis and believes that something needs to be done to help the individual.
  
  
• Petition - Youth in Crisis
  For use by the petitioner who represents the named juvenile that is believed to be in crisis.
  
  
• Application for Issuance of Subpoena - Juvenile Matters
  This form should be used to request that the court issues a subpoena to the named individuals to testify in the listed juvenile court case.
  
  
  
  
  Emily J. Lawsuit

• Emily J. v Weicker Complaint (conditions of confinement, medical & mental health care)

• Emily J. Joint Corrective Action Plan 2002

• Emily J. Settlement Agreement 2005
  Settlement Agreement provides $8.5 million for delivery of post-detention community-based mental health services for children released from juvenile detention centers.

National Resources

• The Real Costs and Benefits of Change - Finding Opportunities for Reform
  During Difficult Fiscal Times National Juvenile Justice Network, Jun, 2010
  
  
• Hidden Injustice: a report on the experiences of LGBT youth in the
  juvenile justice system. Report published 2009 by the Equity Project

• Accessing Intervention Services for Status Offenders and Avoiding Deeper Involvement in the Court System. M. Stone, Esq. and H. Benton, Esq., Center for Children's Advocacy, for American Bar Association, Representing Juvenile Status Offenders, Chapt. 3, 2010
  
  
• The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Criminal Court, Eds: Jeffrey Fagan and Franklin E. Zimrig, University of Chicago Press, 2000. IBSN 0-226-23380-4
  
  
• Changing the Status Quo for Status Offenders
  "Over the past three years, child welfare and probation leaders in New York State have been transforming the state's status offender system to provide timely support to troubled teens and their families in their communities, relying less on courts, law enforcement, and detention." Vera Institute, 2004
  
  
• Girls' Justice Initiative - The Girls' Justice Initiative is a national collaboration of organizations and individuals dedicated to promoting equity and justice for girls involved
  in the juvenile justice and related systems. Through research, public education, and advocacy, we identify areas for reform and promote gender-responsive policies. Our mission is to ensure that girls in the system receive treatment that is responsive to their needs and nurtures their strengths.
  
  
• Juvenile Defender Delinquency Notebook Spring 2006 www.njdc.info/pdf/delinquency_notebook.pdf "The overarching goal of the Juvenile Defender Delinquency Notebook is to empower defenders to practice holistic and zealous representation in the defense of children who find themselves before our nation's justice systems. We also believe that this publication illustrates the complexities inherent in the defense of children and, consequently, the specialization and training necessary for this area of practice."
  
  
• Juvenile Justice Update,
  Report Letter published six times/year by the Civic Research Institute.
  
  
• Legal Strategies to Reduce the Unnecessary Detention of Children:
  National Juvenile Defender Center Advocacy and Training Guide,
  Elizabeth Calvin, National Juvenile Defender Center, Fall 2004. www.njdc.info/pdf/detention_guide.pdf Topics: Individual Advocacy, Systemic Reform, Research on the Harmful Effects of Detention.
  
  
• Role of Juvenile Defense Counsel in Delinquency Court, 2009
  
  
• Tools for Promoting Educational Success and Reducing Delinquency
  written by the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE)
  and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), Jan, 2007.