Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee publications
Annual reports
The Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee (JJAC) submits an annual report to the governor and legislature highlighting current trends and making recommendations to improve Minnesota's juvenile justice system.
Juvenile Justice Resources and Data Analysis
The Minnesota Statistical Analysis Center (SAC) collects juvenile justice data and analyzes trends affecting Minnesota youth. Juvenile justice data published by the SAC:
Youth Juvenile Justice Reports
Juvenile Diversions in Minnesota
The 2012 report Minnesota Juvenile Diversion: A Summary of Statewide Practices and Programming report gathers information about county attorney level juvenile diversion programs. T
his report contains summary tables of information gathered during interviews with at least one diversion provider in all 87 counties, including information on diversion program eligibility, completion requirements, numbers served, educational components, legal protections and other aspects of service delivery. This report is modeled after the MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change Initiative: Juvenile Diversion Guidebook which outlines 16 steps for planning diversion programs.
The degree to which Minnesota utilizes best practices in diversion programming is explored and recommendations are made to improve the quality and consistency of diversion across jurisdictions.
Council on Crime and Justice Report on Juvenile Records
The Council and Crime and Justice has created this report, Juvenile Records in Minnesota, that provides a detailed description of how Minnesota juvenile records are created, maintained, and accessed; it describes when juvenile records are public and when they are private; and it both identifies and defines the many collateral consequences – legal disabilities and practical barriers – that an individual with a juvenile record may face as they grow into adulthood. The report was created with input from professionals in the field, and funded by the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act through the Minnesota Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee and Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs.