Alternative Schools and Pushout: Research and Advocacy Guide  includes:

• A sample of research articles and advocacy reports on pushout in alternative schools, as well as best practices for alternative schools
• Links to websites with useful information about alternative schools
• An Advocacy Checklist that you can follow if a child is facing transfer to an alternative school
• Descriptions of potential legal strategies for challenging alternative schools

Materials from the 70th Annual National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference - Judge Stephen M. Rubin of the Pima County Juvenile Court in Arizona presented:

• a case law update
• additional handout “Cases of Interest“

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The MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice has five briefs available for download.

Issue Brief #1: Adolescent Legal Competence in Court [download]

Issue Brief #2: Creating Turning Points for Serious Adolescent Offenders: Research in Pathways to Desistance [download]

Issue Brief #3: Less Guilty by Reason of Adolescence [download]

Issue Brief #4: Assessing Juvenile Psychopathy: Developmental and Legal Implications [download]

Issue Brief #5: The Changing Borders of Juvenile Justice: Transfer of Adolescents to the Adult Criminal Court [download]