New Practical Guidance on Juvenile Justice Process, Programming and Rehabilitative

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Published: 07/29/2003

For over twenty years, Ted Rubin has sought out and studied juvenile programs throughout the country to find out exactly works and what doesn't work in getting troubled kids on the right track. Now Rubin takes you inside dozens of the best-run juvenile programs from across the nation, providing an insightful analysis of strategies, practices, and policies that get resultsand get funded.

Civic Research Institute, Inc. (CRI), publisher of Juvenile Justice Update and Juvenile Correctional Mental Health Report, is proud to offer a new book, Juvenile Justice: Policies, Practices, and Programs, providing an in-depth review of community programs and judicial processes that are working well today areas still needing improvement and insights on how to make them better concrete ideas for implementing the principles of balanced and restorative justice and much, much more.

Juvenile Justice: Policies, Practices, and Programs spotlights the policies and practices of some of America's most innovative juvenile justice programs. This “must have” guide to effective interventions for youthful offenders provides with field-proven programs and hands-on guidance for court officials and youth service providers, covering:

How to streamline and coordinate juvenile and family court processing to improve handling of delinquent, dependent, and abused children

Strategies for getting system “players”judges, probation officers, prosecutors and defense attorneys, social workers and program providersto work together better

When and how to apply principles of Balanced and Restorative Justice to benefit troubled juveniles and the community

Innovative diversion programs that keep kids out of trouble

Effective restitution programs

How successful community intervention programs functionand how to avoid common programming pitfalls that get in the way of success

How to get your fair share of scarce resources

About the Editor: H. Ted Rubin, J.D. M.S.W., is a private consultant to juvenile/family court and justice agencies. His clients include state and local court systems, national and state juvenile delinquency agencies, legal organizations seeking to improve court handling of child abuse and neglect proceedings, foundations, and national court and Native American organizations. Mr. Rubin was Judge of the Denver Juvenile Court from1965-1971. From 1971 until 1992, he was Director for Juvenile/Criminal Justice and then Senior Staff Attorney for the Institute for Court Management (ICM) of the National Center for State Courts, Denver. He served as director for the Civil Jurisdiction of Tribal Courts and State Courts: The Prevention and Resolution of Jurisdictional Disputes Project, 1989-1992, and as Co-Director for the Integration of Child and Family Legal Proceedings Project, 1990-1992. He was a principal in the national Restitution Education, Specialized Training, and Technical Assistance Project (RESTTA) (1984-1992), and a member of the Board of Directors of the Colorado Children's Trust Fund (1990-1997, and chair, 1995-1997), and has served for 26 years as a board member of the Denver Area Youth Services. Mr. Rubin was honored in 1990 with the National Center for State Courts' Award of Excellence. He served as reporter for the volume on Court Organization and Administration, IJA-ABA Joint Commission on Juvenile Justice Standards.

Juvenile Justice: Policies, Practices, and Programs (ISBN 1-887554-33-5; hardcover; 510 pp.; price: $125 plus postage and handling) may be kept current through periodic supplements sent to purchasers automatically on approval. To order or to request copies for review in professional journals, contact Civic Research Institute, Inc., at P.O. Box 585, Kingston, NJ 08528; phone: (609) 683-4450; fax: (609) 683-7291.

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