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Youth Courts

Establish or Enhance a Local Teen Court/Youth Court Diversion Program

Date/Time: 
December 06, 2011
Location: 
Las Vegas, Nevada

Juvenile Court Training Curriculum, 2nd Edition

Publisher: 
National Juvenile Defender Center

This curriculum provides in-depth training materials on current adolescent development research and its application to juvenile court practice.

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Annual National Conference

Date/Time: 
March 27, 2011
Location: 
Reno, NV

Join us in Reno, Nevada for NCJFCJ’s National Conference on Juvenile and Family Law, which will feature innovations in programming and practice and provide new opportunities for courts and communit

Reducing Disproportionate Minority Contact: Preparation at the Local Level

Publisher: 
U. S. Department of Justice

This bulletin describes strategies that states and communities can use to reduce disproportionate minority contact with the juvenile justice system.

Youth Courts

Authored By: 
National Center for Mental Health Promotion and Youth Violence Prevention

Youth courts, sometimes called “teen courts,” are diversion programs that, with the consent of the juvenile justice system, allow young people who have committed delinquent acts to appear before a court operated by their peers