Resources

Topic Areas

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Negative Impact of Incarceration on Youth Health

• "Youth Incarceration, Health, and Length of Stay" by Thalia González

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Racial Disparities

• Racial Disparities in Youth Incarceration Persist

• OCMH 2020 Fact Sheet Highlighting Racial Disparities in Youth Justice - Wisconsin 

• Leading with Race to Reimagine Youth Justice

• The Promise Of Racial Impact Statements

• Sticker Shock 2020: The Cost of Youth Incarceration

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Reducing Use and Need for Incarceration

• Funding a Community Continuum of Care for Youth

• Strategies to Divert Adolescents with Behavioral Health Needs from the Juvenile Justice System

• Community-Driven Approaches

• Reducing Truancy Referrals

• WJJN Practice Model

 

Impact of Community Supervision: 

• Ending Endless Probation - National Center for Youth Law

• Improving Outcomes Post-COVID - 19

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Electronic Monitoring

• Video Conversations -  Electronic Monitoring - Marquette's Center for Urban Research, Teaching & Outreach! (CURTO)

 

Gender, Identity & Sexuality

• 10-Year Strategy to End Girls' Incarceration - Vera

• Research on Girls and young women incarceration - National Crittenton

• Improving Well Being for LGBTQ+ Youth

• Safe Schools for LGBTQ+ Youth

• Disproportionate Representation of LGBTQ Youth

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Justice for Emerging Adults

• Rethinking Justice for Emerging Adults: Spotlight on Great Lakes Region

• Justice For Emerging Adults Webinar Series

• Redefining Justice For Emerging Adults - Forthcoming Article 

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Eliminating Fines and Fees

• Debtor's Prison for Kids?

• Improving Outcomes in Wisconsin’s Youth Justice System Post-Pandemic: Fines, Fees, and Community Supervision 

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Current Initiatives

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National 

• Juvenile Law Center

• The Emerging Adult Justice Project

• Columbia Justice Lab

• Center for Budget and Policy Priorities

• KIDS COUNT - The Annie E. Casey Foundation

• The Sentencing Project 

• Youth First

• Opportunity Youth United

• Campaign for Youth Justice

• I AM WHY

• National Juvenile Justice Network

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State 

• Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission (GJJC)

• Wisconsin Office of Children's Mental Health

• Families First (FFPA)

• Youth Leadership Teams (DCF-YLT)

• Wisconsin Juvenile Justice Network (WJJN)

• Youth Empowered in the Struggle (YES!)

• Kids Forward/Race to Equity

• Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc.

• Indian Child Welfare Contact List

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Local 

• Youth Justice Milwaukee/Urban Underground

• Leaders Igniting Transformation (Milwaukee)

• Represent (Milwaukee)

• Freedom, Inc. (Madison)

• Operation Fresh Start (Madison)

• African-American Roundtable, Inc. (Milwaukee)

• UW-Madison Justice Lab (Dr. John Eason)

• CURTO Center at Marquette