(Photo Credit: Insite News, San Diego County) The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at the McCourt School of Public Policy is proud to announce that Leah van Lingen (Policy Analyst for Child Welfare Services) of San Diego is the winner of the 2014 Capstone of the Year […]
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CJJR Holds Youth in Custody Certificate Program
Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) recently held its annual Youth in Custody Certificate Program. Participants representing jurisdictions from around the country and abroad took part in the program held June 11-14 at Georgetown University, Washington, DC. The program hosted over 29 participants from Arizona, California, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, and […]
Read more >>CJJR Holds Multi-System Integration and Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities Certificate Programs
The Georgetown University Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) recently held the annual Juvenile Justice and Child Welfare: Multi-System Integration Certificate Program. Participants representing jurisdictions around the country took part in the program held October 23-30, 2013 in Washington, DC at Georgetown University. The program hosted over 35 participants from California, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, […]
Read more >>Georgetown University’s Center for Juvenile Justice Reform Launches Inaugural Youth in Custody Certificate Program
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute recently concluded a very successful inaugural Youth in Custody Certificate Program. The purpose of the program is to shine a brighter light on the high-risk juvenile offender population and help leaders begin or accelerate systemic change to improve outcomes for youth in custody. […]
Read more >>Ogle County State’s Attorney John ‘Ben’ Roe named Champion of Change at the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change conference.
Ogle County State’s Attorney John B. “Ben” Roe is being honored by the MacArthur Foundation-supported Models for Change juvenile justice systems reform initiative as a Champion for Change in juvenile justice reform.
Read more >>Former Justice Officials Recognize Critical Federal Role in Juvenile Justice: Call on Congress to Support Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act.
The Campaign for youth Justice announced that six former Administrators from the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) called on Congress to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) in this session.
Read more >>Georgetown Professor Argues for Universal School-Based Violence Prevention Programs.
Shay Bilchik, director of the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform and Systems Integration at Georgetown University, argued for the expansion of successful universal, school-based violence prevention programs, in commentary published in a Supplement to the 33rd volume of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Bilchik’s commentary was written in response to “Effectiveness of Universal School-Based […]
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