Getting away from detention: Alternatives lead to sharp drop in juvenile center admissions, court officials in Missouri sayAlyson E Raletz
(redirected fromJuvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative) AcronymDefinition JDAIJuvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative(justice system reform) JDAIJoint-SDI (Strategic Defense Initiative) Defense-Technology Applications Initiative JDAIJust Do an Idea(various locations) ...
The volunteer working in the juvenile justice system must acquire basic knowledge in several areas to be effective. An essential knowledge base includes the scope of the delinquency problem; juvenile court law, process, and procedures; understanding of the particular setting, e.g., probation; possib...
Thomas Grisso points out that youth with mental disorders make up a significant subgroup of youth who appear in U.S. juvenile courts. And he notes that juvenile justice systems today are struggling to determine how best to respond to those youths' needs, both to safeguard their own welfare an...
Extract:The recent exposure of the abuse inflicted on child detainees at the Don Dale facility in the Northern Territory has shone a much-needed light on youth justice in Australia.Important questions are being asked about why these children were treated this way in detention. But we also need...
County Explains Alternatives to Juvenile DetentionPatty Hastings Columbian writer
Although research estimates FASDs occur in up to 2鈥 5% of the general population, the conditions are even more prevalent in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. Diagnosis helps inform alternatives to detention and appropriate treatment planning to reduce risk of recidivism. This chapter ...
Since the 1960s a variety of alternatives have developed including juvenile diversion, community-based programming, and alternatives to detention, which often include electronic monitoring, tracking, and reporting centers. The overarching goal of alternatives is to avoid a juvenile's unnecessary ...
Maggard, S. R. (2013). Assessing the impact of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI): Predictors of secure detention and length of stay before and after JDAI. Justice Quarterly, 32(4), 571-597. doi:10.1080/07418825.2013.783610...
The Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), a project from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is one such movement toward utilization of collaboration in response to the criticisms of the condition of America's juvenile detention halls. This research illustrates the efforts of Greene County ...