Organizations


National Criminal Justice Reference Service
Provides statistics and information on numerous issues within the juvenile justice system

Office of Juvenile Justice and Deliquency Prevention
Serves children, families, and communities by working with them to prevent delinquency, strengthen the juvenile justicy system, and protect children and public safety. 

The Campaign for Youth Justice
Works to end the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating minor children in the adult criminal justice system and to empower people to act for youth justice. 

National Center for Juvenile Justice
Presents independent and original research on topics related directly and indirectly to juvenile justice. 

National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice
Assists the field of juvenile justice to improve policies and programs for youth with mental health disorders in contact with the juvenile justice system. 

American Civil Liberties Union
Advocates and educates about rights violations of children in the justice system. 

The Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Gives voice to concerns and needs in the justice system, advises state and federal policy makers, and generates ongoing information exchange. 

The National Council on Crime and Delinquency
Promotes effective, humane, fair, and economically sound solutions to family, community, and justice problems through research and outreach. 

Fight Crime: Invest in Kids
Promotes crime prevention strategies for youth across the nation.

National Juvenile Justice Network
Helps state advocates attain fair and appropriate treatment for all youth in the justice system.

Center for Children's Law and Policy
Focuses on reform of juvenile justice and other systems that affect troubled and at-risk children, and protection of the rights of children in those systems.