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MacArthur Foundation's Juvenile Justice Grantmaking: Advancing Adolescent Development and Systems Reform

The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice aims to improve decision-making in the juvenile and criminal justice systems through better knowledge about adolescent development. Their long-term goals include improving court and corrections practices and informing policy debates. The network collaborates with various organizations and focuses on focal issues such as adjudicative competence of adolescents and risk among serious juvenile offenders. The network works in pilot counties in Pennsylvania, Illinois, Louisiana, and Washington to create system-wide change and reduce disparities in the juvenile justice system.

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MacArthur Foundation's Juvenile Justice Grantmaking: Advancing Adolescent Development and Systems Reform

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  1. MacArthur Foundation Juvenile Justice Grantmaking • Background and History • The MacArthur Research Network on • Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice • Models for Change: Systems Reform in Juvenile Justice

  2. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice • Long-Term Goals • To improve decision-making in the juvenile and criminal justice systems with better and more complete knowledge about adolescent development • To improve court and corrections practices affecting youthful offenders • To inform policy debates about the appropriate treatment of juvenile offenders and the future of juvenile justice • To inform the public discussion about juvenile crime

  3. Focal Issues • Adjudicative competence of adolescents in the Juvenile and Criminal Justice systems • Actual and perceived criminal culpability of youth • Risk, amenability, and desistance among serious juvenile offenders

  4. The goal is to create • a new wave of juvenile justice reform • by producing system-wide change • in multiple states • that others will learn from • and emulate.

  5. National Resource Bank • Center for Children’s Law and Policy • Child Welfare League of America • Coalition for Juvenile Justice • Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators • Justice Policy Institute • Juvenile Law Center • National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice • National Council of La Raza • National Juvenile Defender Center • National Mental Health Association • National Youth Screening Assistance Project

  6. Pennsylvania — 2004 • Lead entity – Juvenile Law Center • Targeted areas of improvement (TAI) • Mental health-juvenile justice coordination • Aftercare • Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) • Strengths, assets, and risks

  7. Pennsylvania Pilot Counties and Targeted Areas of Improvement

  8. ILLINOIS — 2005 • Lead entity – Loyola University Chicago and coordinating council • Targeted areas of improvement (TAI) • Community-based alternative sanctions and services • Juvenile court jurisdiction • Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) • Strengths, assets, and risks

  9. DuPage County Juvenile Justice Council Ogle County Probation Department Youth Outreach Services/Cook County Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative The Children’s Home Association of Illinois The 2nd Judicial Circuit: Crawford, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Richland, Wabash, Wayne, and White counties

  10. LOUISIANA — 2006 • Lead entity – Louisiana Board of Regents • Targeted areas of improvement (TAI) • Alternatives to formal processing and secure confinement • Evidence-based practice • Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) • Strengths, assets, and risks

  11. WASHINGTON — 2006 • Lead entity — Center for Children and Youth Justice • Possible targeted areas of improvement (TAI) • Mental health • Systems integration • Indigent defense bar • Diversion • Status offenders • Disproportionate minority contact (DMC) • Strengths, assets, and risks

  12. Five Vital Signs • 1. Fairness – measured by reduced racial disparities and access to qualified counsel • 2. Recognition of Juvenile-Adult Differences – measured by reduced transfer to adult criminal court • 3. Successful Engagement – measured by increased participation in education, rehabilitation, and treatment services • 4. Community Safety – measured by lower recidivism rates • 5. Diversion – measured by reduced reliance on incarceration as well as increased use of community-based alternative sanctions

  13. Advancing the Models • Building an evidence base Select bellwether states Develop and test tools to support reform Document, assess and understand the process of change Create new knowledge • Creating interest and demand Understand how innovation travels through information and technical assistance Establish issue networks on DMC and mental health

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