Youth Courts and Service-Learning: Selected Resources
This bibliography highlights theoretical perspectives, programs and practices, research studies, literature reviews and bibliographies, and websites on youth courts and service-learning. Source: National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, March 2007. | ||
| Theoretical Perspectives | ||
| American Youth Policy Forum. (January 28, 2000) Youth Court: A National Youth Justice Movement. [Full text online] http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2000/fb012800.htm American Youth Policy Forum. (December 3, 2001). Youth Court: Civic Engagement and Character Education Through Juvenile Accountability. [Full text online] http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2001/fb120301.htm Butts, Jeffrey, A. (May 15, 1995). Youth Violence: Perception Versus Reality. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute. [Full text online] http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=410402 Butts, Jeffrey A. & Buck, Janeen. (Posted on March 1, 2002). The Sudden Popularity of Teen Court. [Full text online] http://www.urban.org/publications/1000262.html Constitutional Rights Foundation Service-Learning Network. (2003). Service Learning and Youth Courts. Special Issue on Service-Learning and Youth Courts. Los Angeles, CA: Author. [Full text online] http://www.crf-usa.org/service-learning-network/9_3-youth-courts.html Fisher, Margaret E. (2003). Youth Courts as Service-Learning. Los Angeles, CA: Constitutional Rights Foundation Service-Learning Network, Constitutional Rights Foundation. [Full text online] http://www.crf-usa.org/service-learning-network/9_3-youth-courts.html Godwin, Tracy. (Winter 1996). Teen Courts: Empowering Youth in Community Prevention and Intervention Efforts. Lexington, KY: The American Probation and Parole Association's Teen Courts Initiative. Godwin, T. M., Heward, M., & Spina, T. (2000). National Youth Court Guidelines. Lexington, KY: National Youth Court Center and the American Probation and Parole Association. Mullins, Tracy G. (Ed.) (May 2004). Selected Topics on Youth Courts: A Monograph Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U. S. Department of Justice. Peterson, Scott & Elmendorf, Michael J. II. ( 2002). Youth Courts: A National Youth Justice Movement. Juvenile Justice Today: Essays on Programs and Policies. Lanham, MD: American Correctional Association. Wilson, J. J. ( October 23, 2000 ). Youth Court: A Youth Justice System for the 21st Century. Remarks during the keynote address at the National Youth Court Conference, Albuquerque, NM. | ||
| Programs and Practices | ||
| American Youth Policy Forum. (2001). Youth Court: Civic Engagement and Character Education Through Juvenile Accountability. AYPF Forum Brief. Washington, DC: Author. [Full text online] http://www.aypf.org/forumbriefs/2001/fb120301.htm. Butts, J., Hoffman, D., & Buck, J. (1999). Teen Courts in the United States: A Profile of Current Programs. Fact Sheet. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Degelman. Charles & Costly, Andrew. (2002). Giving Back: A Community Service Learning Manual for Youth Courts. Chicago: IL: Constitutional Rights Foundation/Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago. [Full Text PDF] http://www.crfc.org/pdf/ycourt1.pdf. Fisher, Margaret E. (2002). Youth Courts: Young People Delivering Justice. Roadmap Series. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association. [Full text online] http://www.pretrial.org/Docs/Documents/youthcourtsroadmap.pdf Godwin, Tracy M. Steinhart, David J. & Fulton, Betsy. (1998 revised). Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court Programs [Full text online] from ERIC, document # ED461061. http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/peerjustice.html Nessel, Paula A. (2000). Youth Court: A National Movement: Technical Assistance Bulletin #17. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association/Division for Public Education. [Full text online] from ERIC, document #ED465658. http://www.abanet.org/publiced/tab17.pdf Pearson, Sarah S. (2003). Youth Courts: A Path to Civic Engagement. Lexington, KY: National Youth Court Center. [Full text online] http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,121/Itemid,74 Scott, Lena. M. (2002). Street Law for Youth Courts: Educational Workshops. Washington, D.C.: Street Law, Inc. Serving Communities, Changing Lives: Success Stories: Volume 1 (September 2004) Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention [Full text online] http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/ task,doc_download/gid,122/Itemid,67/ Steiner, Marc D. (Posted in 2000). The Role of Conflict Resolution in Youth Courts: Expanding Life Skills for Our Youth. [Full text online] http://www.youthcourt.net/content/view/68 2006 National Youth Court Month Action Kit: Connecting Crooked Paths:Youth and Communities in Partnership for Justice. (September 2006). Lexington, KY: National Youth Court Center. [Full text online] http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/ gid,120/Itemid,74/ The Urban Institute & Butts, Jeffrey A. (Posted on July 30, 2001). Teen Courts: A Promising Prevention Strategy? [Full text online] http://www.urban.org/url.cfm?ID=900356&renderforprint=1 Vickers, Mistene M. (2002). New York's Syracuse City School District Student Court: A School-Based Youth Court Making the Grade. IN SESSION: Newsletter of the National Youth Court Centers 2 (4) 3-4. Williamson, Deborah & Wells, James. (2004). Making Youth Court as Effective as Possible. Technical Assistance Bulletin #25. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association/Division for Public Education. [Full text online] http://www.abanet.org/publiced/tab25.pdf | ||
| Research Studies | ||
| Butts, Jeffrey A. & Buck, Janeen J. (October, 2000). Teen Courts: A Focus on Research. Juvenile Justice Bulletin. Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. U. S. Department of Justice. [Full Text PDF] http://www.urban.org/UploadedPDF/1000233_teencourtsfocus.pdf Butts, J.A, Buck, J., & Coggeshall, M.B. (2002). Impact of Teen Court on Young Offenders. Washington, DC: Urban Institute. American Bar Association Coalition for Justice. (2009) Youth Courts: Young People Delivering Justice. Roadmaps Series. Chicago, IL: American Bar Association. [Full text online] http://www.abanet.org/justice/pdf/Roadmap_YouthCourts.pdf Heward, Michelle E. (Winter, 2002). The Organization and Operation of Teen Courts in the United States: A Comparative Analysis of Legislation. Reno, NV: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Juvenile and Family Court Journal. 53 (1) 19-35. [Full text online] http://www.youthcourt.net/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,70/Itemid,74/ National Youth Court Center. (May 2004). Youth Court Database. Lexington, KY: American Probation and Parole Association. Pearson, Sarah S. & Jurich, Sonia.(2005). Youth Courts: A Community Solution for Embracing At-Risk Youth: A National Study. Washington, DC: American Youth Policy Forum. Puzzanchera, C., Stahl, A.L., Finnegan, T.A., Tierney, N. and Snyder, H.N. (July 2003). Juvenile Court Statistics. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice. | ||
| Websites | ||
| Constitutional Rights Foundation http://www.crf-usa.org National Dropout Prevention Center http://www.dropoutprevention.org National Network for Youth http://www.nn4youth.org National Youth Court Center http://www.youthcourt.net Resource List for Youth Court Programs (February 2007) http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/communities/youthadvocacy/ iyca_resourcelist.pdf Youth Court List by State http://www.youthcourt.net/content/view/85 Youth Court Websites (local listings) http://www.youthcourt.net/content/view/90 Youth for Justice Resources http://www.youthforjustice.org/ | ||
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