Home Is Where I Belong: Juvenile Justice Shifts Back to the Community

State leaders are debating proposals to close several near-empty juvenile facilities and revamp a system that has long invested only modest resources in community-based alternatives. Meanwhile, New York City is deploying family supports and services designed to keep more young people from being locked up, send others home faster, and still ensure public safety. Could New York have a juvenile justice system that depends less on incarceration and detention?

Children and Families, Government & CommunitiesAbigail KramerApril 17, 2008Center for New York City Affairs, CNYCA, communities, Criminal Justice, families, juvenile facilities, juvenile justice system, NYC, policies, public policy, youthComment