Fundamental Measures for Juvenile Justice

April 20, 2021

The Fundamental Measures for Juvenile Justice present model data elements and methods for quantifying critical components of the juvenile justice systems. The measures were developed by the National Center for Juvenile Justice with input from organizations representing all sectors of juvenile justice — from law enforcement through the court process and juvenile corrections — with the intention of improving national juvenile justice data through uniform and systematic improvement of local data collection, use, and analysis.

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