Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources

American Bar Association Coalition for Justice. (2009). Youth courts: Young people delivering justice. Roadmaps Series. Retrieved from http://apps.americanbar.org/abastore/index.cfm?section=main&fm=Product.AddToCart&pid=3460012PDF

American Youth Policy Forum. (2000). Youth court: A national youth justice movement. Retrieved from http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2000/fb012800.htm

American Youth Policy Forum. (2001). Youth court: Civic engagement and character education through juvenile accountability. Retrieved from http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2001/fb120301.htm

Butts, J. A. (1995). Youth violence: Perception versus reality. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=410402

Butts, J. A. (2001, July 30). Teen courts: A promising prevention strategy? Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=900356&renderforprint=1

Butts, J. A., & Buck, J. (2000, October). Teen courts: A focus on research. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/1000233_teencourtsfocus.pdf

Butts, J. A., & Buck, J. (2002, March 1). The sudden popularity of teen court. Retrieved from http://www.urban.org/publications/1000262.html

Butts, J. A., Buck, J., & Coggeshall, M. B. (2002). Impact of teen court on young offenders. Washington, DC: Urban Institute.

Butts, J., Hoffman, D., & Buck, J. (1999). Teen courts in the United States: A profile of current programs. Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.

Constitutional Rights Foundation. (Ed.). (2003, Spring). Service learning and youth courts. Service-Learning Network, 9(3). Retrieved from http://www.crf-usa.org/service-learning-network/9_3-youth-courts.html

Degelman, C., & Costly, A. (2002). Giving back: A community service-learning manual for youth courts. Retrieved from http://www.crfc.org/pdf/ycourt1.pdf

Godwin, T. (1996, Winter). Teen courts: Empowering youth in community prevention and intervention efforts. Perspectives, 20(1), 20-24.

Godwin, T. M., Heward, M., & Spina, T. (2000). National youth court guidelines. Rockville, MD: Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse.

Godwin, T. M., Steinhart, D. J., & Fulton, B. (1998). Peer justice and youth empowerment: An implementation guide for teen court programs. Retrieved fromhttp://www.ojjdp.gov/publications/peerjustice.html

Heward, M. E. (2002, Winter). The organization and operation of teen courts in the United States: A comparative analysis of legislation. Juvenile and Family Court Journal, 53(1), 19-35. Retrieved from http://www.youthcourt.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/legislation_Article_20021.pdf

Mullins, T. G. (Ed.). (2004). Selected topics on youth courts: A monograph. Retrieved from http://www.aidainc.net/monograph.pdf.

National Youth Court Center. (2006). National youth court month action kit: Connecting crooked paths: Youth and communities in partnership for justice. Lexington, KY: Author.

Nessel, P. A. (2000). Youth court: A national movement. Technical Assistance Bulletin 17.

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (2004, September). Serving communities, changing lives: Success stories: Volume 1. Retrieved from http://youthcourt.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/success_stories1.pdf

Pearson, S. S. (2003). Youth courts: A path to civic engagement. Retrieved from http://www.youthcourt.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/Policy_brief_civic_engagement.pdf

Pearson, S. S., & Jurich, S. (2005). Youth courts: A community solution for embracing at-risk youth: A national study. Washington, DC: American Youth Policy Forum.

Peterson, S. B., & Elmendorf, M. J. (2002). Youth courts: A national youth justice movement. In American Correctional Association (Ed)., Juvenile justice today: Essays on programs and policies (pp. 103-109). Lanham, MD: Author.

Puzzanchera, C., Stahl, A. L., Finnegan, T. A., Tierney, N., & Snyder, H. N. (2003, July). Juvenile court statistics. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice.

Scott, L. M. (2002). Street law for youth courts: Educational workshops. Washington, DC: Street Law, Inc.

Steiner, M. D. (2000). The role of conflict resolution in youth courts: Expanding life skills for our youth.

Vickers, M. M. (2002). New York's Syracuse city school district student court: A school-based youth court making the grade. IN SESSION: Newsletter of the National Youth Court Centers, 2(4), 3-4.

Williamson, D., & Wells, J. (2004). Making youth court as effective as possible. Technical Assistance Bulletin 25. Retrieved from http://apps.americanbar.org/publiced/tab25.pdf

Wilson, J. J. (2000, October 23). Youth court: A youth justice system for the 21st century. Keynote address at the National Youth Court Conference, Albuquerque, NM.