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Building Blocks for Youth (BBY) - Juvenile Justice Issues
http://www.buildingblocksforyouth.org/issues/
This site offers several factsheets on specific areas of juvenile crime, including information by state.

FRONTLINE : Juvenile Justice
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/juvenile/
The Web site for the FRONTLINE PBS television program that profiled four convicted teenagers who were involved in four separate crimes.  Two were sent to juvenile court and two were sent adult court.  Click on the "Facts, Statistics, and History" link to access information about the topic of juveniles tried as adults. 

It's Your Right to Know : A Research Guide on Juvenile Justice in California
http://www.datacenter.org/research/cjca/cjca.htm
Comprehensive report on juvenile justice in California with links to other reports, statistics and organizations.  Produced by DataCenter, an organization which provides research to community activist organizations; funded by the Ford Foundation among other supporters.

Juvenile Justice Information Center
http://www.cjcj.org/jjic/index.php
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice's expanded Juvenile Justice Information Center provides county-specific data on how detention rates are disproportionate for youth of color. The new site also includes best practices for reforming juvenile justice systems, and highlights model reform efforts in jurisdictions across the country.

National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ) - FAQs
http://ncjj.servehttp.com/NCJJWebsite/faq/faq.htm
This "Frequently Asked Questions" page from the National Center for Juvenile Justice has some excellent information and statistics in an easy to use format.  It offers information about the various states' juvenile justice issues.

National Criminal Justice Reference Service - Juvenile Justice
http://www.ncjrs.gov/app/topics/topic.aspx?topicid=122
This site, from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service, provides a wealth of information on Juvenile Justice issues.  Topics include gangs, female juvenile delinquents, violence, minority offenders and much, much more.  Much statistical information is provide, and there are numerous links to other resources from this excellent site.

The Sentencing Project
http://www.sentencingproject.org/
Is an "organization which promotes decreased reliance on incarceration and increased use of more effective and humane alternatives.  It is a nationally known source of criminal justice policy analysis, data and program information.  Its reports, publications and staff are relied upon by the public, policymakers and the media." 

Online Databases (Rio Hondo Students only)    top

CQ Researcher
Features updated reports by the Congressional Research Service on current topics.  Enter "juvenile justice" to bring up reports.

Gale Virtual Reference Library
Contains the full-text to Gale Reference print volumes.  Type in "juvenile justice" to find many book articles.

Issue & Controversies @ Facts.com
Features updated reference reports on current topics in the news.  Enter in "juvenile justice."

Books     top
The following books can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library.

Reference Books (2nd floor)
Non-circulating:

Encyclopedia of crime & justice
Call number: Ref HV6017.E52 2002

Handbook of children, culture, and violence
Call number: Ref HQ784.V55H34 2006

Juvenile crime : opposing viewpoint
Call number: Ref HV9104.J834 2005

Juvenile justice : a reference handbook
Call number: HV9104.S448 2005

Juvenile justice in California
Call number: Ref HV9105.C2J87x 2003

Juvenile justice sourcebook : past, present, and future
Call number: Ref HV9104.J868 2004

Should juveniles be tried as adults?
Call number: Ref KF9812.S54 2005

Trial of juveniles as adults (Point/counterpoint)
Call number: Ref KF9812.H55 2003

Juvenile corrections--United States

Juvenile courts--United States

Juvenile delinquents--United States

Juvenile justice, Administration of--United States

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Use the box below to search for additional resources in Rio Hondo College Library.

Media     top
The following media can be located in the Rio Hondo College Library, to be viewed in the Library.

Hard times : teens in maximum security prisons
Call number: Video 000491
Shows prison life at the Western Youth Institution in Morganton, North Carolina, a prison for juvenile offenders. ABC News Anchor Diane Sawyer reports through the experiences of four new teenage inmates--one only 13 years old. A follow-up two years later reveals the impact of their incarceration on their minds and bodies, best summed up by the words of one of the four: "This is not the place to be."

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The Rio Hondo College Library provides online access to full-text articles through our online databases.  Please note:  you must be a Rio Hondo College student, faculty, staff or board member to use these services.

The sample searches and articles below are from the ProQuest database.  If you are viewing this subject guide from an on-campus computer, simply click on the links below.   To gain access if you are at home or off-campus, first click here: https://rioweb.rh.cc.ca.us/library/.  Input your student ID number and password [your birthdate].  You will see a list of  all the online databases to which you have access.  Click on ProQuest and enter the database.  You may conduct your own searches at this point or come back to this subject guide and click on any of the links below:

SUB(juvenile justice) AND SUB(prisons)
SUB(juvenile justice) AND (sentencing)
SUB(juvenile offenders) AND (adults)
SUB(juvenile offenders) AND SUB(criminal sentences)
SUB(juvenile justice) AND (prevention)
SUB(Juvenile offenders) AND SUB( Rehabilitation of criminals)

Researched and evaluated by:
A. Enright, Librarian 12/2002
last update:  D. Yashar, Librarian 5/2008

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