Juvenile Justice Today : Essays on Programs and Policies

• ISBN13: 9781569911518
• ISBN10: 1569911517
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-01
• Publisher: Amer Correctional Assn

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
James A. Gondles, Jr
Introduction - Juvenile Corrections in a Changing American Landscape	1	(2)
Charles J. Kehoe
Programming, Staffing, and Managing the Violent Juvenile Offender	3	(10)
Frank Alarcon
Six Elements that Form a Context for Staff Safety	13	(6)
Jesse W. Doyle
Overrepresentation of Youth with Disabilities in Corrections	19	(8)
Robert B. Rutherford, Jr.
Mary Magee Quinn
Jeffrey Poirier
Lili Garfinkel
Civil Rights in Juvenile Correctional Facilities	27	(12)
Steven H. Rosenbaum
Reentry at the Point of Entry	39	(8)
Kit Glover
Kurt Bumby
The Ventura Youth Correctional Facility: Providing Needed Treatment Programs to Youthful Female Offenders	47	(6)
Al Palomino
Juvenile Corrections in Indiana: The Dawning of a New Era	53	(8)
Brent Matthews
Ron Leffler
Watching Grassroots Grow in Louisiana: The Children's Initiatives	61	(6)
Anne Hasselbrack
Turning the Tables: The Safer Foundation's Youth Empowerment Program	67	(10)
Ron Tonn
Writing Our Stories: An Update on the Antiviolence Creative Writing Program for Juveniles	77	(6)
Anne Hasselbrack
Managing Juveniles in Adult Facilities: Identifying Population and Institutional Characteristics to Determine Staff Training Needs	83	(6)
Salvador A. Godinez
Developing a Security Envelope for a Youthful Offender Program	89	(8)
William ``Bill'' Sturgeon
Increasing Collaboration Between Family Courts and Juvenile Justice	97	(6)
Gina E. Wood
Youth Courts: A National Youth Justice Movement	103	(8)
Scott B. Peterson
Michael J. Elmendorf, II
WorkBridge: Employing and Providing Community Service Opportunities for Court-involved Youth	111	(10)
Claudia Thorne
Dan Zarecky
Earlene Green
Jennifer O'Mara
Kathryn Scott
Restorative Justice Conferences as an Early Response to Young Offenders	121	(22)
Edmund F. McGarrell
Mobilizing Partners: The Kansas Community Experience	143	(8)
Albert Murray
The Oregon Youth Authority's Gangbusters Program and the Office of Minority Services	151	(24)
Lonnie Jackson
Identifying Juvenile Offenders with Mental Health Disorders	175	(12)
Lisa Melanie Boesky
About the Authors	187	(6)
Index	193