Youth Justice
Vera’s Center on Youth Justice (CYJ) works with policymakers and practitioners who want juvenile justice to be rooted in the community, more effective, and smaller in scale, touching the lives of fewer children.
Related Work
Series: It Takes a Village
Collaboration is key when it comes to keeping kids out of the justice system
The title of our latest report on diversion strategies—“It Takes a Village”—is no accident. School administrators and teachers, law enforcement officials, service providers, and families all play key roles in keeping young people out of the juvenile justice system. Often, however, these groups are not effectively partnering with each other to find ...
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Erin Dostal Kuller
Series: It Takes a Village
Closing the schoolhouse door to the juvenile justice system
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Erin Dostal Kuller
Series: It Takes a Village
Getting the word out about diversion programs
Diversion strategies that prioritize community- and family-based solutions over punitive measures can help young people avoid becoming involved in the justice system. Vera’s recent report detailed the important work of many organizations—from Nevada to Nebraska to Louisiana—who provide diversion programs for youth and their families. But developing...
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Erin Dostal Kuller
Series: It Takes a Village
How police benefit from diversion strategies
Vera’s recent report, It Takes a Village: Diversion Resources for Police and Families, details how diversion programs provide families and communities resources to keep young people safe, on track, and out of the criminal justice system. But young people aren’t the only ones who benefit from diversion strategies. Police officers experience benefits...
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Erin Dostal Kuller
Young Men of Color's Help-Seeking Following Violent Victimization
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Ryan Shanahan
Status Offense Reform Center
Providing community-based alternatives to court and juvenile justice system involvement
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Vidhya Ananthakrishnan
Diversion Resources for Police and Families
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Karen Tamis
Series: It Takes a Village
It takes a village
Collaboration is key to keeping kids out of the juvenile justice system
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Erin Dostal Kuller
It Takes a Village
Diversion Resources for Police and Families
Family Partnership for Juvenile Justice Reform
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Ryan Shanahan
Young Adults in Jail
Evaluating a new approach to working with 18 to 21-year-olds on Rikers Island
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Ryan Shanahan
Youth Futures
Attaining success for youth through education and workforce training
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Vidhya Ananthakrishnan