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41) Colorado's three-year juvenile justice and delinquency prevention plan

Pub. Date

2009

42) Colorado correctional alternative program

Series

Statistical bulletin

Pub. Date

2004

43) Grand Mesa Youth Services Center

Pub. Date

2014.

44) Spring Creek Youth Services Center

Pub. Date

2014.

45) Zebulon Pike Youth Services Center

Pub. Date

2014.

46) Bound & broken: how DYC's culture of violence is hurting Colorado kids and what to do about it

Pub. Date

[2017]

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Young people incarcerated in Colorado are in crisis. Violence in Colorado's Division of Youth Corrections facilities has risen dramatically in recent years, leaving youth and staff feeling unsafe and afraid. Colorado's youth correctional facilities have higher rates of fights and assaults than other states, and youth and staff are commonly injured during these incidents. In this chaotic and violent environment, children cannot thrive.

47) Study of the effectiveness of the current Youthful Offender System, as designed by the enabling statute and as implemented by the Department of Corrections

Author

Columbia University. Emerging Adult Justice Project

Pub. Date

2022.

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Research shows that emerging adults share many of the same characteristics of their younger peers, with "risk-taking" being a hallmark. But during this distinct developmental period, youth are particularly malleable and responsive to positive relationships and experiences. The vast majority of emerging adults will mature and desist from crime, irrespective of the level of the offense. This report focuses on ways that YOS can support this maturation...