Youth Justice USA Passed a Resolution in Support of the Global Expansion of Youth Court, Teen Court, Peer Court, Student Court and Youth Peer Panel Programs.

by Scott Bernard Peterson
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RESOLVED, That Youth Justice USA proactively champions the quality implementation, enhancement, and expansion of volunteer-driven local Youth Justice and Juvenile Justice Diversion Programs in the United States of America for primary purposes of reducing the incidence and preventing the escalation of juvenile crime.  Global Youth Justice and its Youth Justice USA’s 2020 Youth Justice Plan for the United States of America is as follows:
By 2020, there will be more than 1,800 local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels operational the United States to include the fifty (50) states, District of Columbia, five (5) U.S. Territories and the 565 American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes.
By 2020, there will be more than 202,500 youthful offenders/juveniles referred annually for disposition and sentencing to these juvenile justice programs for their offenses, crimes and/or violations the United States to include the fifty (50) states, District of Columbia, five (5) U.S. Territories and the 565 American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes.
By 2020, there will be more than 189,000 youth volunteering annually in these  local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels in the United States to include the fifty (50) states, District of Columbia, five (5) U.S. Territories and the 565 American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes.
By 2020, there will be more than 27,000 adults volunteering annually in these local youth courts, teen courts, peer courts, student courts, and youth peer panels in the United States to include the fifty (50) states, District of Columbia, five (5) U.S. Territories and the 565 American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes.
By 2020, there will be more than 4,500 full-time and part-time professional staff working in these 1,800 local youth justice programs in the United States to include the fifty (50) states, District of Columbia, five (5) U.S. Territories and the 565 American Indian and Alaskan Native Tribes.
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Making the Time for Juvenile Crime. -Scott Bernard Peterson