Juvenile Justice

Connecticut Juvenile Justice Plans/Reports

TIPS for Lawyers

  • Juvenile Justice

    • NEW FWSN Practices and Procedures (PPT)

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Connecticut Organizations/Boards

  • Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
    "The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance (CTJJA) was launched in November 2001 as a collaborative effort of the Center for Children's Advocacy, Connecticut Voices for Children, RYASAP, and The Tow Foundation. The mission of the Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance is to promote a safe, effective and equitable system of services designed to meet the needs of children and adolescents in, or at-risk of becoming involved in, the juvenile justice system."

Connecticut Resources

  • NEW FWSN Practices and Procedures (PPT)

  • What Are My Rights? Know your Legal Rights in Detention. (PDF)
    This question and answer handbook was developed by the Center for Children's Advocacy in collaboration with the Connecticut Judicial Branch and with funding from the Connecticut Bar Foundation. The book answers questions that youth In detention may have about their legal rights and about the responsibilities of the detention center, and encourages youth to speak up to ask for the services they need.

  • Representing Clients in Juvenile Delinquency Cases, Raymond Kosinski, et al. Topics: Defense, Disposition and Services, Evaluations, Forms. Connecticut Bar Association, Feb. 1996 Phone: 860-721-0025

  • Step by Step through the Juvenile Justice System: A Handbook for Connecticut, Kimberly Barnes-O'Connor, Ed. Peter Silvestri. Topics: Juvenile Justice; Dependent, Neglected, Uncared For; Termination of Parental Rights; Emancipation; Family Division of the Connecticut Superior Court. Phone: 203-529-9655. *KFC 4196 Z9 S79 1988

    * Call Numbers at the University of Connecticut School of Law Library, or available at the Center for Children's Advocacy Legal Resource Center (call 860-570-5327).

National Resources

  • 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."

  • 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 annually 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.

  • 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), January 2007.

  • Women, Girls and Juvenile Justice, Report Letter published six times annually by the Civic Research Institute.