I am new to this wonderful community and am delighted to find this thread. I am working in collaboration with others to build an ACE understanding into police training for interactions with juveniles. The underlying reality of trauma is a big elephant in the middle of the room in understanding crime. I'm not even sure where to start on trying to build ACE research into the world of police training for dealing with juveniles, but am convinced it would transform enforcement over time by re-characterizing how kids are seen and dealt with. For example, a study done a few years back by Casey Families in Seattle did a follow-up on a number of young adults at age 24 who had aged out of foster care in Oregon and Washington. They found higher levels of PTSD in foster care "grads" than front line Gulf War veterans. Really getting this, not just for police, but for a whole range of systems that deal one way or another with troubled youth could transform what we do, which far too often now (often with the best of intentions) further traumatizes or re-traumatizes them.
Lots of great resources above that I will be checking out, so thanks everyone.