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Making
Court the Last Resort November
2008
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ACLU Report
Hard Lessons: School Resource Officer
Programs and School Based Arrests in Three Connecticut Towns
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Families
With Service Needs Advisory Board Report to
the Connecticut General Assembly- February 2008
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Juvenile
Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee Final Report
Feb. 12, 2007
- Connecticut Juvenile Justice Strategic
Plan: Building Toward a Better Future, Aug. 2006
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Endangered
Youth: A Report on Suicide among Adolescents Involved with the
Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems, Jan
2006
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Voice,
Choice & Hope, Juvenile Justice
Consensus Documents (DCF plan for the closing of CJTS), Jan.
20, 2006
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Not
Just Child's Play: The Role of Behavioral Health Screening and
Assessment in the Connecticut Juvenile Justice System, Aug
2005
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A
System of Services for Girls in Connecticut, Dr.
Marty Beyer, Dec. 15, 2005
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Close
to Home: A Report on Behavioral Health Services for Children
in Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System, Feb
2003
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Out
of Balance: Failures in Addressing Disproportionate Minority
Contact within Connecticut's Juvenile Justice System
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OPM
report on DMC
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Plan
for a Continuum of Community-Based Services for Female Status
Offenders and Delinquents
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A
Reassessment of Minority Overrepresentation in Connecticut's
Juvenile Justice System, Spectrum Associates, June
5, 2001
TIPS for Lawyers
Emily J. Lawsuit
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."
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The
Connecticut Juvenile Justice System: A Guide for Youth and Families
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NEW FWSN Practices and Procedures (PPT)
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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.
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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
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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).
- Unlocking
Doors: Multisystemic Therapy for Connecticut's High Risk Children
and Youth
National Resources
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Hidden
Injustice: a report on the experiences of LGBT youth in the
juvenile justice system.
Report published 2009 by the
Equity Project.
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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
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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."
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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.
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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."
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Juvenile
Justice Update, Report
Letter published six times annually by the Civic Research Institute.
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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.
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Role
of Juvenile Defense Counsel in Delinquency Court www.njjn.org
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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.
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Women,
Girls and Juvenile Justice, Report Letter
published six times annually by the Civic Research Institute.
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