A new website is introducing powerful tools to help policy makers, advocates, researchers and the media to chart nationwide change in juvenile justice policy, practices, and statistics. The Juvenile Justice GPS (JJGPS - Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics) site (jjgps.org) monitors juvenile justice system change by examining state laws and juvenile justice practice, combined with the most relevant state and national statistics.
Never before, has this information been collected and made so accessible, allowing a much fuller national and historical overview. The JJGPS site is designed to increase clarity on critical issues and encourage reform. It is a project of the National Center for Juvenile Justice and ofModels for Change, an initiative supported by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
“In the highly decentralized and ever-shifting landscape, JJGPS provides an invaluable resource for those wanting to see where their juvenile justice system stands in order to design improvement strategies,” said Melissa Sickmund, Director of the National Center for Juvenile Justice (NCJJ). “We hope that policy makers will use the information to see where they stand, and when they realize what other states have accomplished, be inspired to make improvements in their own systems.”
New Website Monitors Juvenile Justice
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