Internet Sites:

• Less Cost, More Safety: Guiding Lights for Reform in Juvenile Justice
This study from the American Youth Policy Forum “profiles eight juvenile justice initiatives nationwide that are making communities safer and saving taxpayers money.”
http://www.aypf.org/lesscost/index.html

• Less Hype, More Help: Reducing Juvenile Crime, What Works — and What Doesn’t
From the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), this report “demonstrates that trying youthful offenders in adult courts — “adult time for adult crime” — is a counterproductive fad that actually exacerbates juvenile crime.”
http://www.aypf.org/mendel/MendelRep.pdf

• Courts to Classes
“Courts to Classes offers useful, accessible, educational materials via the Internet that will assist in teaching students about the purpose, structure, and function of the federal courts.”
http://www.uscourts.gov/outreach/index.html

• Justice Information Center
Part of the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS); is one of the most extensive sources of information on criminal and juvenile justice in the world, providing services to an international community of policymakers and professionals.
http://www.ncjrs.org/