In the identity theory of desistance, optimism is important to individual transformation. Yet, as the authors of this article assert, unfounded optimi...
Diversion allows a defendant to earn dismissal of a charge by satisfying conditions set by the prosecutor or court, thereby avoiding conviction. Expun...
This journal article examines how to protect the benefits for youth of destroying records, while still ensuring that researchers, advocates, and decis...
The National Resource Center on Children and Families of the Incarcerated (NRCCFI) at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey includes resources, r...
The project’s goal is to provide the field with a set of national standards and outcome measures aligned with adolescent development research that mon...