Authors: Sarah Alice Brown (NCSL)
Published: August 7th, 2012
Report Intro/Brief:
“Under a partnership with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, Illinois, the following report, “Juvenile Justice Trends in State Legislation, 2001-2011,” was produced illustrating the trends in juvenile justice enactments over the past decade. The report is a summary analysis of 2001-2011 juvenile justice legislation in all 50-states and describes the direction of state juvenile justice policy over this ten-year period. It highlights significant pieces of legislation and catalogs the volume and variety of juvenile justice legislation enacted in states.”
-National Conference of State Legislatures
The report was funded, in part, by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.