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Second Chances: Giving Kids a Chance to Make a Better Choice from the Children’s Court Centennial Comm Project

In commemoration of the American Juvenile Court’s Centennial, this book includes the stories of 25 individuals who were justice-involved as youth and became successful adults. 

Striking Out: The Failure of California’s Three Strikes and You’re Out” Law

Half Truths: The Complicated Story of D.C.‘s Halfway House Escapees”

America’s One Million Nonviolent Offenders

This guide is designed to assist juvenile court advocates in locating and accessing residential placement alternatives for youths in the juvenile justice system.

New York State of Mind?: Higher Education vs. Prison Funding in the Empire State, 1988 – 1998

Class Dismissed: Higher Education vs. Corrections During the Wilson Years

Double Jeopardy: An Assessment of the Felony Drug Provision of the Welfare Reform Act

Jerome G. Miller writes an autobiographical account of his tenure as former head of the Massachusetts juvenile justice system during which he daringly closed reformatories and returned the juveniles to the community.

School House Hype: The School Shootings, and the Real Risks Kids Face in America

This report is a preliminary portrait of some key trends in youth violence and the juvenile justice system in Monterey, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties since the mid-1980s.