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Beyond the Bench XVII: Sharing Responsibility for OUR Children (2006)

• Reforming California's Juvenile Justice System: An Update on the State's Plans
  
• Approaching System Change: The Vera Institute's Efforts to Support Juvenile Justice Reform in New York State
  
• Rule 1479: What Does it Mean for Defenders? (Post-Disposition Delinquency Representation)
  
• How Does the Juvenile Justice System Measure Up?: Applying Performance Measures in Five Jurisdictions
  

Beyond the Bench XVI: Strengthening Youth and Families (2005)

• The Critical Connections Between Childhood Education and Juvenile Justice
  
• Deferred Entry of Judgment: An Overlooked and Undervalued Benefit of Proposition 21 (University of San Francisco Law Review (Winter 2004))

Beyond the Bench XV: Engaging Communities (2004)

• Measuring Impact: The Next and Necessary Challenge for the Juvenile Justice System (Restorative Justice article)
  
• Creating a Youth Court in Your Community: The California Model
  
• "What Works" in California: Research Shows That Meeting Troubled Kids' Mental Health Needs Reduces Crime
  
• Arizona Dual Jurisdiction Study: Executive Summary
  
• The Challenges of Juvenile Reentry: Featuring the Harlem Juvenile Reentry Network
  

Celebrating California's Juvenile Court Centennial Conference (2003)

• Pacific Juvenile Defender Center Brochure
  
• Youth Authority's Mental Health Model: Putting Treatment Back into the California Youth Authority
  
• A Model Response to Truancy Prevention: The Louisville Truancy Court Diversion Project
  
• Reducing Recidivism: Washington State's Integrated Treatment Model
  
• Breaking Cycles, Strengthening Families: The San Diego County Breaking Cycles Program
  

Juvenile Delinquency and the Courts: Building a Better Future (2002)

• Improving the Juvenile Justice Systems Response to Victims of Juvenile Offenders
  
• Juvenile Sexual Abusers: Characteristics, Typologies, Assessment, and Treatment
  
• Mentor Programs for Juvenile Offenders and Transformative Mentoring Information

Juvenile Delinquency and the Courts Conference (2001)

• The Impact and Results of Juvenile Delinquency Team Action Planning
  

MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change Working Conference
In early December 2006, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation hosted the Models for Change Working Conference in Washington, DC. It brought together grantees and other stakeholders from the four states (Illinois, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Washington) that are part of the Models for Change initiative to share experiences and strategies for juvenile justice reform. Webcasts and materials from the conference are available here.