Each year
(beginning in 1994) the National
Center for State Courts publishes a report now entitled
"Future Trends in
State Courts." The purpose of this
report is to support the strategic planning efforts in
the court community. Each publication contains several articles
written by NCSC staff and court experts from around the
country. Individual Future
Trends articles published since 2001 that
relate to this topic are listed to below.
| Trends
2011 |
Fred
Cheesman. A
Decade of NCSC Research on Blended Sentencinge
of Juvenile Offenders: What Have We Learned
About "Who Gets a Second Chance?".
State court dockets are filled with offenders
who have been through the system before and are
likely to return. Incorporating
evidence-based practices into the sentencing
process offers the promise of reducing
recidivism while protecting public safety and
controlling corrections costs.
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| Trends
2010 |
Shay
C. Bilchik. Addressing
the Needs of Youth Known to be both the Child
Welfare and Juvenile Justice Systems.
This article discusses
innovative practices courts can help implement
to better serve children that come to their
attention through multiple systems, in
particular the juvenile justice and child
welfare systems. It identifies ways courts
and their system partners can reengineer their
work to best serve these youth and prevent
further system involvement.
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| Trends
2004 |
Carol
Flango. Changes in the Juvenile Death
Penalty. November 1, 2004.
This article discusses the changes in state law
concerning the death penalty and juveniles.
The article also addresses the United States
Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons,
which originates from the state of Missouri.
Judge
Cindy Lederman. Miami's Infant and Young Children's
Mental Health Program: A Case Study.
An update to the 2003
article titled "Miami's Infant and Young
Children's Mental Health Program: A Place Where
the Healing Begins," this article focuses
on the case of Brianna, a 12 year old girl who
became impregnated by a 19 year old.
Brianna's mother was an alcoholic and a cocaine
addict. This study follows Brianna and her
son through the judiciary.
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| Trends
2003 |
Lederman, Judge Cindy S. “Miami’s
Infant and Young Mental Health Program: A Place Where the Healing Begins.”
Description of a program in Miami designed to
test the effects of programs upon children who
have been affected by violence in their homes.
Mountjoy,
John J. Interstate
Compacts: An Alternative for Solving Common Problems Among States.
Describes the general purpose of interstate
compacts, discusses
both juvenile and adult compacts, provides a historical perspective, as well as
case law.
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| Trends
2002 |
Madelynn
Herman. Teen Courts - A Juvenile Justice Diversion
Program. December 2002. This
article explains the teen court concept --
courts in which teenagers with no previous
criminal record are sentenced by their peers for
minor violations.
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| Trends
2000 |
Ted
Rubin. The Juvenile Court Enters Its Second
Century. July 2000. This article
touches on a variety of issues such as the
differences between direct file and
discretionary transfers; dependency, abuse, and
neglect jurisdiction of juvenile courts; and the
evolution of the family court.
John Lande.
Child
Protection Mediation.
July 2000. This article defines child
protection mediation, who should attend the
mediation, the potential benefits to the child,
and how child protection mediation functions.
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