Youth and the Justice System

Community service, restorative circles, and education-focused interventions.

How strong support networks aid reintegration.

Best practices, international comparisons, and innovation in youth-focused systems.

Rehabilitation over punishment and age-appropriate accountability.

Ensuring access to youth-specialized lawyers and advocates.

Addressing trauma, ADHD, substance use, and other factors.

Indigenous, racialized, and low-income youth in disproportionate numbers.

How suspensions, expulsions, and policing in schools increase justice involvement.

Conditions, oversight, and long-term impacts of incarceration.

Involving young people in shaping policies that affect them.