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Web Site Update List
July 2008
Profiles of state transfer laws were updated to reflect changes through 2007.
July
2006
Guide
to the State Juvenile Justice Profiles, written
by Melanie King of the National Center for Juvenile
Justice, was posted online. Other Technical Assistance
Special Project Bulletins are available here.
April
2006
Staff
completed the fourth round of updates. During this update,
staff fleshed out previous topic areas and verified
the accuracy of each profile by analyzing state statutes,
contacting state juvenile justice practitioners, and
reviewing documents and web sites. In
addition, new highlights were added to describe activities
of graduated sanctions demonstration sites,
The National Overviews were updated by September 2004.
March
2006
Updated
each state's upper age, lower age, and extended age
of juvenile court jurisdiction
to reflect the 2005 legislative session.
December
2005
Added Google search to home page.
August
2005
Updated
transfer provisions through 2004 in profiles and national
overviews.
Spring
2005
Updated
the purpose clauses for delinquency proceedings and
juvenile corrections in each state profile to reflect
the most recent legislative session.
April
2005
The National Center for Juvenile Justice is developing
a national directory of alternative children and youth
programs for all 50 states. Although the effort is in
its infancy, users can search the online directory for
programs at www.lingledirectory.org.
April
2004
In
the spring of 2004, staff started to update and expand
the content of the state profiles. We completed this
round of updates in August 2004. During this update,
staff fleshed out previous topic areas. No new topic
areas were added. The National Overviews were updated
by September 2004.
January
2004
Trying
and Sentencing Juveniles as Adults: An Analysis of State
Transfer and Blended Sentencing Laws, written
by Patrick Griffin of the National Center for Juvenile
Justice, was posted online.
November
2003
Updated
the purpose clauses for delinquency proceedings and
juvenile corrections in each state profile to reflect
the most recent legislative session
September
2003
Added a new National Overview in the Trying Juveniles
as Adults section. This National Overview includes a
table that allows users to access each state's transfer
laws by clicking on the state name.
Updated state juvenile justice specialists' names
and contact information
August
2003
Updated
transfer provisions through 2002 in profiles and national
overviews. Information
on blended sentencing is now available, if applicable,
on each state's transfer provisions page.
July
2003
Posted
user survey to elicit feedback on the site's content
and design.
April
2003
Updated
the National Overviews to reflect the most recent round
of updates. This does not include the National Overviews
in the Trying Juveniles as Adults section - this section
was updated separately in August 2003.
March
2003
Updated
each state's upper age, lower age, and extended age
of juvenile court jurisdiction
to reflect the 2002 legislative session.
February
2003
In
the spring of 2002, staff started to update and expand
the content of the state profiles. We completed this
round of updates in February 2003.
During
this update, staff fleshed out previous topic areas
while adding brand new areas. After this round of updates
was completed, each state profile covered the following
topics in greater depth: delinquency intake screening;
predisposition investigation; probation supervision;
and juvenile probation officer qualifications, certification,
and training.
In
addition, we added new topics to the state profiles,
including recent changes to the organization and administration
of services; victim rights and services; direct placement
without commitment; and legal resources.
January
2002
Added purposes clauses for juvenile corrections
to applicable states
Updated state juvenile justice specialists' names
and contact information
December
2001
Updated the purpose clauses for delinquency proceedings
in each state profile to reflect the most recent legislative
session
November
2001
Revised web site design
October
2001
Updated Salary, Personnel, and Caseload Table to reflect
2001 data
Added links to: Easy Access to Juvenile Court Statistics:
1989-1998, Easy Access to State and County Juvenile
Court Case Counts, and Easy Access to the FBI's
Supplementary Homicide Reports 1980-1998
September
2001
Updated
national and state links
February
2001
Added
upper age and lower age of original juvenile court jurisdiction
national overviews
October 2000
Added list of all previous updates
to web site
Posted frameless version of web site
Linked each state profile to state juvenile
population and residential placement data
August 2000
Updated each state profile with information on courts
with delinquency jurisdiction; uses of detention; and
commitment and release information (under State Institutions).
Added new national overviews and updated transfer laws
through 1999 in profiles and national overviews.
June 2000
Added
maps to some national overviews
May 2000
Organized national links by topic
Posted link to the Census of Juvenile
Residential Placement
April 2000
Debut
of web site
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