On this week’s episode, Melissa Sickmund, director of the National Center for Juvenile Justice, joins us to dive into the decades-long plummeting of youth arrests and incarceration, juvenile justice in the age of Covid-19, data blind spots and more.
Reading Room
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ezacjrp/
Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook
https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/jrfcdb/
Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics
https://www.jjgps.org/
