Through the Council of Australian Governments (COAG), Berry Street urges all Australian governments to take immediate action to
reform our youth justice systems and to build on the recommendations from the Royal Commission.
We need to
reform youth justice systems, ensuring that the abuse of children's basic needs and rights ends and re-focus on returning children to their families with the support to enable them to thrive, achieve and never return to the system.»
Not exact matches
We now have, I hope, an opportunity for a grown up debate on how to make our
youth justice system work, for the young people within it and the communities it protects — by examining the root causes of
youth offending, what preventative action can be taken, how to most appropriately punish and
reform offenders and rehabilitate them back into our society.
But at the same time, have a
youth justice system that effectively punishes and
reforms those who do commit offenc es.
The Oneida County team's capstone project, titled
Reforming Juvenile
Justice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile of
Justice Practices in Oneida County is focused on diverting
youth from the juvenile and criminal
justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile of
justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.
This signing is a Memorandum of Understanding to
reform Juvenile
Justice Practices in Oneida County focused on diverting youth from the juvenile and criminal justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile of
Justice Practices in Oneida County focused on diverting
youth from the juvenile and criminal
justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile of
justice system by providing intervention services catered to the specific needs of the juvenile offender.
Nina Salomon is a Project Manager in the Corrections and Reentry division at the CSG
Justice Center, where she oversees the Improving Outcomes for Youth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative reforms to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice
Justice Center, where she oversees the Improving Outcomes for
Youth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative reforms to improve outcomes for youth in the juvenile justice sy
Youth initiative, supporting states develop, adopt, and implement legislative
reforms to improve outcomes for
youth in the juvenile justice sy
youth in the juvenile
justice justice system.
Another remarked that she appreciated the fact that the course didn't merely address the problem of injustice in our criminal
justice system; it also allowed students the opportunity to research and propose
reforms in such areas as afterschool
youth programs and resources for transitioning incarcerated persons back into their communities.
Welfare
reform has disrupted Medicaid benefits for millions of children who need treatment.97, 98 Medicaid enables many
youth to receive psychiatric treatment.99 Many parents who left welfare to go to work found their new jobs did not provide insurance or, when available, they could not afford copayments.100, 101 The State Children's Health Insurance Program, designed to offset the loss of Medicaid, did not fulfill its intended purpose.98, 102 Moreover, welfare
reform has not substantially decreased poverty103; many poor children have become even poorer.104 Poor children are vulnerable to poor outcomes, 105 including involvement with the juvenile
justice system.
Supporting
Youth in Transition to Adulthood: Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising approa
Youth in Transition to Adulthood: Lessons Learned from Child Welfare and Juvenile
Justice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising appr
Justice (PDF - 405 KB) Jim Casey
Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising approa
Youth Opportunities Initiative & Center for Juvenile
Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across systems and effectively address the problems that crossover youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising appr
Justice Reform (2009) Offers strategies, programs, and resources to help political and agency leaders, policymakers, and practitioners act collaboratively across
systems and effectively address the problems that crossover
youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile justice field has developed promising approa
youth present and identifies areas in which the juvenile
justice field has developed promising appr
justice field has developed promising approaches.
King County
System Integration Initiative:
Reform to Impact Dual Jurisdiction
Youth and Families (PDF - 800 KB) Child Welfare League of America The Link: Connecting Juvenile
Justice and Child Welfare, 4 (2), 2005 Outline the goals of KC - SII, the scope of the project, mobilization and planning, data collection and analysis, resource assessment and inventory, action strategy development, and implementation to improve the coordination and integration of the child welfare and juvenile justice programs and policy development in King Coun
Justice and Child Welfare, 4 (2), 2005 Outline the goals of KC - SII, the scope of the project, mobilization and planning, data collection and analysis, resource assessment and inventory, action strategy development, and implementation to improve the coordination and integration of the child welfare and juvenile
justice programs and policy development in King Coun
justice programs and policy development in King County, WA.
The need for meaningful
reform to the
youth justice system in the NT and beyond was also the subject of an impassioned op ed in the Sydney Morning Herald by human rights lawyer, Ruth Barson.
We are seeking urgent discussions with the Prime Minister to ensure this Royal Commission actually meets the needs of those most affected, and ultimately creates the momentum for
reform of the entire
youth justice system in the NT.»