A Compendium of Products/Resources

The Challenge Activities described above have generated many publications and useful products that may stimulate and assist efforts across the Nation to improve juvenile justice systems. Interested States and communities are encouraged to contact appropriate States at the telephone numbers listed below to seek further information. Under each product category, items are listed in alphabetical order.

Research Reports

• Alternatives to Detention Study, 1998 (North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission, 919-733-4564).
  
  
• Commitment Programs for Female Juvenile Offenders in Florida, 1998 (Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 850-488-3302).
  
  
• Detention Reform Project Final Report, 1999 (New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, 609-530-5203).
  
  
• Female Juvenile Justice, 1997 (Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, 800-558-4427).
  
  
• Gender and Juvenile Justice in Missouri, 1997 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• Gender-Specific Programming Issues and Initiatives, 1998 (Hawaii Office of Youth Services, 808-973-1026).
  
  
• Girls at Risk: An Overview of Female Delinquency in the Fiftieth State, 1997 (Hawaii Office of Youth Services, 808-973-1026).
  
  
• Mental Health Treatment Services for Adjudicated Delinquent Youth, 1996 (Oregon Commission on Children and Families, 503-373-1570, ext. 235).
  
  
• Profile of Female Delinquency Cases and Youth Referred, 1997 (Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 850-488-3302).
  
  
• Staff and Site Safety, 1997 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• State of Missouri Juvenile Needs Assessment, 1998 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).

Screening Instruments

• Criteria for Juvenile Detention and Secure Confinement, 2000 (North Carolina Governor's Crime Commission, 919-733-4564).
  
  
• Missouri Division of Youth Services Placement Exception, 1998 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• Missouri Division of Youth Services Risk Assessment, 1998 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• Missouri Division of Youth Services Seriousness Scale, 1998 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• Oregon Mental Health Referral Checklist—Staff Version, Youth Version, and Parent Version, 1998 (Oregon Commission on Children and Families, 503-373-1570, ext. 235).

Laws and Policies

• Code of Virginia Annotated, Section 16.1–248.2, 1998: details mental health screening and assessment for juveniles placed in secure facilities (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).
  
  
• Girls E.T.C. Guidelines for Juvenile Female-Specific Programs, 1998 (Colorado Department of Public Safety, 303-239-4437).
  
  
• Interdepartmental Memorandum of Agreement, 2000: designed to meet the mental health needs of the youth in the Woodside Juvenile Rehabilitation Center (Vermont Planning Division, 802-241-2953).
  
  
• Louisiana State Department of Public Safety and Correction Regulation No. B–02–002, 1999: concerns aftercare and recommended additions to regulation on intensive aftercare (Louisiana Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice, 225-922-1610).
  
  
• Policies and Procedures of the Ombudsman Program, 1999 (Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, 615-741-2633).
  
  
• Virginia House Bill No. 940, 1998: addresses State payments for mental health screening and assessment for juveniles placed in secure facilities (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).
  
  
• Virginia House Joint Resolution 38, 1997: requests that the Department of Youth and Family Services report on the development of its statewide plan for services for delinquent youth, including an assessment of the need for additional shelters for runaways (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).

Training Materials

• Curriculum for staff in female juvenile offenders' wing, 1996 (Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 801-538-1031).
  
  
• Detention Center Consultation Project: Phase I: Mental Health Screening in Juvenile Detention Centers—A Preliminary Assessment, 1996 (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).
  
  
• Detention Center Consultation Project: Phase II—Mental Health Services in Detention, 1997 (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).
  
  
• Eight-week curriculum to train female offenders, 1996 (Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 801-538-1031).
  
  
• Gender and Juvenile Justice in Missouri, 1997 (Missouri Department of Public Safety, 573-751-4905).
  
  
• Gender Differences in Empathy for Delinquent and Non-Delinquent Youth, 1998 (Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 850-488-3302).
  
  
• Girls Equitable Treatment Coalition Gender Training, 1998 (videocassettes, Colorado Department of Public Safety, 303-239-4437).
  
  
• Legal Liability of Virginia Juvenile Detention Facilities for the Mental Health Screening of Juveniles, 1997 (Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services, 804-225-4072).
  
  
• Making the System Work for Young Women, 1997 (Colorado Department of Public Safety, 303-239-4437).
  
  
• Providing Gender-Specific Services for Adolescent Female Offenders: Guidelines and Resources, 1999 (Iowa Commission on the Status of Women, 800-558-4427).
  
  
• Twelve-week curriculum on relationship violence, 1997 (Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 801-538-1031).

Other Informational Resources

• Bibliography of female-oriented reading materials, 1997 (Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice, 801-538-1031).
  
  
• Girls Equitable Treatment Coalition, 1996 (Colorado Department of Public Safety, 303-239-4437).
  
  
• Listen to Girls, 1997 (Florida Department of Juvenile Justice, 850-488-3302). u National Detention Alternative Handbook, 1999 (New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission, 609-530-5203).
  
  
• The Ombudsman for Tennessee's Children and Families, 1998 (Tennessee Commission on Children and Families, 615-741-2633).
  
  
• Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Dependent Child in State Custody, 1998 (Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, 615-741-2633).
  
  
• Your Rights and Responsibilities as a Minor, 1996 (Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, 615-741-2633).

System Change Through State Challenge Activities: Approaches and Products	Juvenile Justice Bulletin • March 2000