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Appendix B: The 2013 NRC Report in Brief
Appendix B: The 2013 NRC Report in Brief
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The "Report Brief" contained here was prepared by NRC staff within the Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education to summarize the 2013 NRC report. In addition to capturing the key findings and recommendations of the 2013 NRC report, the brief outlines a set of guiding principles which offer actions that can be taken to achieve the goals of the juvenile justice system in a developmentally informed manner.
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Changes are needed if the juvenile justice system is to meet its aims of holding adoles cents accountable, preventing reoffending, and treating them fairly, the report concludes. It recommends that state and tribal governments review their laws and policies and align them with emerging evidence on adolescent development and effective interventions.
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In addi el positive social behavior and academic tion, perceived racial discrimination has been success; and linked to antisocial behavior. • activities that require autonomous decision Research shows that, for most youths, the pe making and critical thinking.
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system is to support the positive social development of youths who become involved in If implemented well, evidence-based interventhe system, and thereby assure the safety of tions -- for example, certain types of therapy, communities. The specific aims of juvenile such as aggression replacement therapy and courts and affiliated agencies are to hold cognitive-behavioral therapy -- reduce reofyouths accountable for wrongdoing, prevent fending and produce remarkably large ecofurther offending, and treat youths fairly.
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• Use confinement sparingly and only when needed to respond to and prevent serious reoffending. • Avoid collateral consequences of adjudication such as public release of juvenile records that reduce opportunities for a successful transition to a prosocial adult life.
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Congress established this ing youths separated from adult offenders, office in 1974, giving it a broad mandate to addressing racial disparities, and avoiding develop and disseminate knowledge to the unnecessary detention for youths. These projuvenile justice field, assist states and local tections need to be strengthened by: jurisdictions in improving their juvenile justice systems, develop national standards, and co- • defining status offenses to include offenses ordinate federal activities related to the treat- such as possession of alcohol or tobacco ment of juvenile offenders.
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In addition, OJJDP should prioritize its research, training, and technical assistance resources to The Bureau of Justice Statistics and other promote the adoption of developmentally ap- government and private statistical agencies propriate policies and practices and expand should, under OJJDP's leadership, develop the number of jurisdictions actively engaged in a data improvement program on juvenile of activities to reduce racial disparities. fending and juvenile justice system processing that provides greater insight into state and Federal research agencies, such as the Na local variations.
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