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- See also:
Courts
OJJDP programs
OJJDP resources
- OJJDP: Court Resources. Links to resources on juvenile courts.
- OJJDP Publications: Courts. Online documents on balanced and restorative justice, child protection, criminal courts, research and statistics, teen courts, etc.
- "An Evolving Juvenile Court: On the Front Lines with Judge J. Dean Lewis" and two other articles on juvenile courts by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Juvenile Justice 6(2), December 1999.
Juvenile court statistics
- OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book: Frequently Asked Questions about Juveniles in Court.
- Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics 1989-1998. Online software at this site permits researchers to prepare customized tables with aggregate juvenile court data.
- Easy Access to State and County Juvenile Court Case Counts. Case counts by jurisdiction. Alaska data is categorized by borough or census area (as Alaska has no counties).
- National Juvenile Court Data Archive: Products & Publications. Numerous online publications with statistics from U.S. juvenile courts available in text-only or Acrobat PDF format.
Juvenile court data
- National Juvenile Court Data Archive. Automated records of cases handled by courts with juvenile jurisdiction. Jurisdictions containing nearly 70 percent of the U.S. juvenile population contribute to the archive each year -- over 1 million new cases annually. The archive web site was developed to inform researchers about available data sets and procedures for use and access.
National organizations
- National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ).
- National CASA Association (NCASAA).
- CASAnet. A support website for CASA and GAL staff.
- Alaska CASA Program. Office of Public Advocacy
- Alaska Tribal Court-Appointed Special Advocates. Recruits and trains
Native volunteers
to act as children's advocates in state courts, and will provide cross-cultural training for non-Native GALs and CASAs who work with Native children. For further information, call (907) 278-5437 or email atcasa@ak.net or inquiry@nationalcasa.org.
Youth courts
- United Youth Courts of Alaska (UYCA) provides support and assistance to youth courts in 14 Alaska communities— Kotzebue, Nome, Fairbanks, Delta Junction, Mat-Su, Anchorage, Kenai/Homer, Kodiak, Valdez, Juneau, Kake, Sitka, Wrangell, and Ketchikan.
- National Youth Court Center
Justice Center articles & reports
Rosay, André. (Fall 2004). "Recruiting and Retaining Volunteers in Alaska Justice Agencies." Alaska Justice Forum 21(3): 6-7.
Rosay, André. (2004). Volunteer Recruitment and Sustainability Assessment: United Youth Courts of Alaska—Final Report. Report prepared for United Youth Courts of Alaska. Anchorage, AK: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage.
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