By JJIE Staff, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, August 18, 2021
Following its July 2017 resolution urging a shift in how juvenile probationers are supervised, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges recently issued its blueprint for how judges and probation officers help make that happen.
Based, in part, on results of that organization’s 2020 survey of family court judges across the country, “The Role of the Judge in Transforming Juvenile Probation: A Toolkit for Leadership” argues for system changes driven by data and other empirical evidence of which practices improve juveniles’ behavior; pare disparities resulting in more youth of color and poor kids being in detention or on probation; and lessen time spent on probation.
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