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NEW YORK STATE YOUTH JUSTICE INSTITUTE

The New York State Youth Justice Institute strives to build and strengthen the capacity of localities around New York State to adopt evidence-informed youth justice practices. We do so by disseminating information, assisting with implementation and assessing efficacy in existing youth justice programs, and by conducting cutting-edge research to advance the science and practice of evidence-based initiatives.

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Lunch & Learn: Presented by Richard Rosenfeld, PhD, LCWS

Pandemic, Social Unrest, and Crime in U.S. Cities

Every month, the YJI brings to you the work of prominent researchers in the field of youth justice! Our “Lunch & Learn” sessions are designed to be interactive, informative, and thought-provoking.

On September 21, we hosted Dr. Richard Rosenfeld, Curator's Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Dr. Rosenfeld discussed recent crime trends, particularly as they relate to the ongoing pandemic and social unrest.

Click here to view the recordings of this and other Lunch and Learn sessions!

Are the Kids Alright? COVID-19 and Youth

In June 2020, the YJI sponsored a Series of panel discussions to explore the pandemic's current and foreseeable impacts on children, teens, and young adults, as well as innovative approaches to the present crisis. Experts from diverse fields examined these issues, with a focus on the disparate impacts of COVID-19 on historically marginalized populations. Click here to learn more about how the YJI is contributing to national and international discussions on COVID-19 and youth.

Youth Justice News Coverage

Would you like to know how many youth justice news stories were published on race and ethnicity disparities in the last six months in your state? You can do so using this interactive dashboard!

Every week, the New York State Youth Justice Institute's team curates stories from local, national and international media outlets on diverse youth justice topics: SOGIE, Law & Politics, Courts, and many more. Each news story is coded according to its main topic and can be filtered by date and place of publication. This dashboard also includes international coverage of youth justice news. All of the original news articles are available and you can read them in their entirety by following the links on this dashboard.

Click here to learn more!

The Empowering Youth Voices contest is an opportunity for youth to share their thoughts about the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on their generation and the current events happening in our country. All youth (up to 21-years old) are invited to submit an original creative piece in any still format of their choice (for example a letter, poem, essay, or drawing) that responds to any one of the following prompts:

What would you like tell your future self?
What would you like to tell the youth of the future?
What would you like to tell a specific person in power(ex. health official, teacher, community leader, politician)?

Submissions will be accepted from September 15, 2020 to October 15, 2020. The YJI will publish selected submissions in a special issue of its monthly newsletter On the Same Page! All participants must complete the consent to publish form.

Overrepresentation of LGBTQ & GNC Youth in Juvenile Justice Systems

For Pride Month, we created this handy fact sheet that provides a brief overview of the overrepresentation of LGBTQ and GNC youth in juvenile justice systems. It also provides some useful resources if you'd like to learn more about these topics. See this flipbook below to learn more!

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