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Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources

This bibliography highlights theoretical perspectives, programs and practices, research studies, literature reviews and bibliographies, and websites on youth courts and service-learning.

Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, March 2007.


American Bar Association Coalition for Justice. (2009). Youth courts: Young people delivering justice. Roadmaps Series. Retrieved from http://www.abanet.org/justice/pdf/Roadmap_YouthCourts.pdf

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 from http://ojjdp.ncjrs.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/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,70/Itemid,74/

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. Retrieved from http://www.abanet.org/publiced/tab17.pdf

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. (2004, September). Serving communities, changing lives: Success stories: Volume 1. Retrieved from http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,122/Itemid,67/

Pearson, S. S. (2003). Youth courts: A path to civic engagement. Retrieved from http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,121/Itemid,74

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. Retrieved from http://www.youthcourt.net/content/view/68

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://www.abanet.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.

 

Links

Constitutional Rights Foundation

National Association of Youth Courts

National Dropout Prevention Center

National Network for Youth

Youth Court List by State

Youth Court Websites (local listings)

Youth for Justice Resources


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