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Juvenile Justice Institute
Albert N. Whiting Criminal Justice
Building, Room 210
Direct Line (919)530-7092

Projects

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Training:

  • Student Summer Leadership Institute (2006)
  • Training for NC Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (2008) of staff on the Division’s Model of Care curricu lum.
  • Juvenile Justice Institute Conferences:
  • The Impact & Consequences of Juvenile Crime and Violence: A Call For Advocacy (2006)
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact: Finding Solutions ( 2007)
  • Raising the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction: Balancing System Change with Youth Success and Public Safety(2008)
  • Gangs in the New Millennium: Challenges for Juvenile Justice, Law Enforcement, Social Agencies and the Commu nity (2009)
  • The NC REAP Conference (Workshops: Juvenile Re-entry; School Suspensions and Referrals to Juvenile Court-2010)

Meetings and technical Assistance:

  • Practitioners meetings in Durham, Hoke and Scotland Counties to promote gang initiatives
  • Tutoring projects in a Durham elementary school
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Project in Elementary School students
  • Development of Community Resource manual to assist law enforcement and schools to reduce in appropriate referral to juve nile court.

Membership on committees councils and boards to address topics such as:

  • Drop-out prevention
  • Raising the juvenile age of jurisdiction
  • Literacy among youth
  • Assisted in establishing the first Disproportionate Minority Contact Committee
    to address DMC problem in Durhaml.

Policy Research Reports

  • • Survey of NC Counties on their satisfaction with the Juvenile Crime Prevention services
  • Development of a position paper on gang legislation for House Bill 50
  • Disproportionate Minority Contact Report funded by the NC Governor’s Commission
  • Juvenile Detention on County operated facilities-2007
  • Comprehensive Anti-Gang Initiative Evaluation Report for Durham, NC

Information Dissemination

  • Community Roundtable Discussions on topics such as Mental Health issues regarding minorities, status offenders, school suspen sion, etc
  • Institute newsletters that discusses current juvenile justice chal lenges
  • Institute website –operate list serv. to disseminate information about effective programs, best practice and promising develop ments in juvenile justice.
  • Guest Speakers’ seminars( Juvenile Age, Juvenile Transfer to Adult System, Child Trafficking, Gender Issues, etc)

Curriculum Development

  • Partnered with Criminal Justice and Social Work Faculty to develop ment of juvenile justice concentration for the Department of Criminal Justice.

Documents & Library

  • Reports
  • Research
  • Promising Practices Projects and general Juvenile Justice informa tion
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International Projects
International Projects Dr. Masamba Sita, a Fulbright Scholar  in resident at NCCCU.  discusses a partnership with JJI in developing a community Restorative Justice Project