A national initiative focused entirely on ending the practice of prosecuting, sentencing, and incarcerating youth under the age of 18 in the adult criminal justice system.
Focused not just on delivering information, but rather on an “exchange” of ideas, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange fosters a community of support around the issues facing the youth of our country.
The National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) leads a movement of state-based juvenile justice reform organizations and alumni of its Youth Justice Leadership Institute to fight for a fairer youth justice system that’s appropriate for youth and their families.
UNICEF promotes the strengthening of all parts of the child protection system, including the justice mechanisms, to operate in the best interest of the child.
Our mission is to collect, analyze, publish, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government.
The starting place for law enforcement executives, students of criminal justice, researchers, members of the media, and the public at large seeking information on crime in the nation.
The research division of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and is the oldest juvenile justice research group in the United States.
The Center emphasizes the bridge from research to policy and practice through an integrated system of research, teaching, service and policy engagement.
Legal Aid of North Carolina is a statewide, nonprofit law firm that provides free legal services in civil matters to low-income people in order to ensure equal access to justice and to remove legal barriers to economic opportunity.
Committed to the reduction and prevention of juvenile delinquency by effectively intervening, educating and treating youth in order to strengthen families and increase public safety.
The Statutes on the North Carolina General Assembly website reflect changes made in the 2015 Session. The changes from all Sessions are listed in the NC Statutes and Session Laws affected by ratified bills documents.