Juvenile+Justice

INTEREST GROUPS
Heritage Foundation - [|Adult Time for Adult Crime] [|American Bar Association - Juvenile Justice Committee] - specific [|data] on Juvenile Justice [|National Juvenile Defense Center] [|Center for Juvenile Justice Reform - Georgetown University] [|Act4JuvenileJustice] - provides information about re-authorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Protection Act

HELPFUL RESOURCES
[|PBS Resource] on Treating Juveniles as Adults - especially look at the [|debate] about whether to treat juvenile offenders as children vs. adults. = = [|New York Times article] on juvenile sentencing - Nov. 09 and 2nd article, "[|Weighing Life in Prison for Youths Who Didn’t Kill.]" = = [|Current case before Supreme Court] - should juveniles be sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole?

Public Opinion Poll

Maine Juvenile Services/Department of Corrections -

[|Juvenile Sentencing Reform]- persuasive essay

[|Marlee's Law] - Blended sentencing in Maine and Lewiston Sun-Journal article -

• Does the federal government spend too much money on juvenile justice? - [|Heritage Foundation] issue statement (a little outdated from 1999) • [|Cost of incarceration] - CBS News
 * Cost Data**

JUDICIAL BRANCH
Suggested cases for you to review include (choose one): Kent v. United States //In re Gault// //New Jersey v. TLO Roper v. Simmons//

Here is [|one helpful resource link] (type in case name in search box). The library has a number of **excellent** resources. You may use other online sources as well (with the exception of wikipedia).

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
The Justice Department is the country's top law enforcement agency, including juveniles. The office also collects data about juvenile offenders. Please read this [|link] to learn more about this executive agency. Click [|here] for some helpful data on juvenile offenders.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Information on **State Laws** on this topic can be found [|here]. Overview on a federal law (recommended) [|here].

[|Link] to article about a change (2008) in Maine law.

Proposed Legislation
Senator Leahy's [|proposed legislation] (April 2008) - [|status of bill in Congress] [|Data] about Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Protection Act