In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
The report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of youth victims and offending by youth, and wh...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) released this white paper examining the intersection between community supervision and the human service need...
In 2014, Juvenile Law Center published the first-ever comprehensive evaluation of each state’s juvenile record confidentiality and expungement laws ag...
The Justice-Involved Veterans Compendium Project from the National Institute of Corrections (NIC) is a series of publications intended to assist corre...
This white paper reviews the literature exploring the relationship between family contact and short- and long-term outcomes for youth in the juvenile ...