Terminology J - K
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JLC (Juvenile Law Center)
The Juvenile Law Center is a children’s rights legal organization focused on child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice issues. Their website contains access to publications and fact sheets including reports on zero tolerance policies, youth aging out of the system, and youth tried as adults.
Useful Website: www.jlc.org
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice
The Network conducts research on juvenile justice issues including Adolescents’ Competence to Stand Trial, Longitudinal Study of Serious Juvenile Offenders, and Parental Involvement in Judicial Proceedings. The website contains descriptions and summaries of their research, list of network members, and other related publications. See the MacArthur Foundation website for more detail on their recent major juvenile justice reform initiative, Models for Change, being conducted in Illinois, Louisiana, Washington and Pennsylvania.
Useful Website: http://www.mac-adoldev-juvjustice.org
Judicial Release
The authority of the court to release a child from incarceration sooner than the minimum time period the court originally sentenced the child.
Justice Policy Institute
The Justice Policy Institute works to promote effective and just solutions as alternatives to incarceration. The website contains access to publications and fact sheets concerning juvenile justice issues including disproportionate minority representation.
Useful Website: http://www.justicepolicy.org
Juvenile
In Ohio, a person under 18 years old.
Juvenile Justice Coalition of Ohio
The Juvenile Justice Coalition is a member of the National Juvenile Justice Network and supports equitable treatment alternatives, such as community solutions, to incarceration and institutional placement for juveniles in Ohio. The website provides access to legislative updates, member websites, and links to other related state and national websites.
Useful Website: www.juvenilecoalition.org
Kinship Care
Refers to a temporary or permanent arrangement in which a relative or any non-relative adult who has a long-standing relationship or bond with the child and/or family, has taken over the full-time, substitute care of a child whose parents are unable or unwilling to do so, for reasons such as death or chronic illness, substance abuse, incarceration, domestic violence, child abuse and neglect, teen pregnancy, unemployment, poverty, or other problems. Includes those relationships established through an informal arrangement, a legal custody or guardianship order.
