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To contact juvenile justice specialists, departments of corrections, and child advocates in your area, consult our comprehensive 51-jurisdictions contact list. We are continually growing our website and if you would like add something or don’t see something listed, please contact us.

Arizona

Download the Policy Brief: Prosecuting Juveniles in the Adult Criminal Justice System Key Issues and Recommendations for Arizona (PDF 1.7 MB)

California
Download the Facts (Doc 160 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 60 KB)
Consequences Report California (PDF 544 KB)

Colorado

Caging Children in Crisis: A Report from the Colorado Juvenile Defender Coalition (PDF 5MB)

Fact Sheet for Caging Children in Crisis (DOC 18KB)

                                 
Connecticut

Raise the Age: A Success Story Web page

Download the Facts (Doc 156 KB)
Consequences Report Connecticut (PDF 660 KB)
Final Report from the Juvenile Jurisdiction Planning and Implementation Committee in CT (PDF 892 KB)

Economic Impact of Raising the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction in Connecticut

State of Connecticut v. David Fernandes 2008 (PDF 64 KB)

Delaware

Download the Position Paper: Transfer of Juvenile Offenders to Adult Court in Delaware (PDF 168 KB)

District of Columbia
Download the Facts (Doc 168 KB)

A Capital Offense (PDF 416 KB)

Florida
Download the Facts (Doc 64 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 80 KB)

Fact Sheet: Transfer to Adult Court/Trying Kids as Adults (PDF 108KB)
Consequences Report Florida (PDF 704 KB)

Georgia

Download the Fact Sheet: SB440 and the Need to Reform Georgia's Practice Of Sending Youth to the Adult Criminal Justice System (120 KB)

Download the Policy Brief: SB440 and the Need to Reform Georgia's Practice Of Sending Youth to the Adult Criminal Justice System (PDF 156 KB)

Illinois
Download the Facts (Doc 728 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 64 KB)

Download the Fact Sheet: Raising Age of Adulthood Senate Bill 458 Arguments (PDF 76 KB)

Consequences Report Illinois (PDF 644 KB)

Changing Course: A Review of the First Two Years of Drug Transfer Reform in Illinois

New Jersey

Juvenile Waivers Presentation (PDF 711 KB)

North Carolina
Policy Brief: Putting the Juvenile Back in Juvenile Justice (PDF 316 KB)
Download the Facts (Doc 716 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 72 KB)
Consequences Report North Carolina (PDF 660 KB)
Juvenile Age Study - A Study of the Impact of Expanding the Jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, Governor's Crime Commission (DOC 1,533 KB)
Report on Study of Youthful Offenders Pursuant to Session Law 2006-248, Sections 34.1 and 34.2, North Carolina Sentencing and Policy Advisory Commission (PPT 55 KB)
Juvenile Justice in NC: A Historical Perspective, Janet Mason, University of North Carolina School of Government (PPT 2,037 KB)

Vermont

Juvenile Justice Commission Report

State of Vermont v. Jonas Dixon 2009 (PDF 456 KB)

                        
Virginia
Download the Facts (Doc 732 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 68 KB)
Consequences Report Virginia (PDF 596 KB)

Wisconsin
Download the Facts (Doc 736 KB)
Download the Laws (Doc 72 KB)

Download the Report: Rethinking the Juvenile in Juvenile Justice Implications of Adolescent Brain Development on the Juvenile Justice System (PDF 1.4 MB)
Download the Executive Summary (PDF 36 KB)
Consequences Report Wisconsin (PDF 592 KB)
Risking Their Futures: Wisconsin Center for Children and Familes Report on Juveniles in Adult Court (PDF 2MB)