Latest News & Events

The UCLA JJRP is partnering with Los Angeles County to write a comprehensive blueprint for young offender reentry. Los Angeles County is one of three sites to receive a Department of Labor Planning Grant of 300,000 to create this type of blueprint. Click below to see the powerpoint presentation for all 5 county Summits on Youth Reentry that took place in 2010. Look for more news on this blueprint to be posted in January 2011!

LA County District 1 • LA County District 2
LA County District 3 • LA County District 4 • LA County District 5

The UCLA JJRP received generous support from the Parson’s Foundation over two years to conduct field and training opportunities for our graduate students. Look for events, speakers, a juvenile justice policy class in the spring taught by Professor Jorja Leap. Victoria Perera is the first MSW student to receive a Parson’s Foundation JJRP scholarship of 5,000 for her work in the juvenile reentry field. For more on Victoria click here. In Fall 2009 Dr. Laura Abrams presented to policy makers in Washington D.C. on Models for Juvenile Reentry Services. To view these slides, click below:

Research on Juvenile Reentry: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

We have published 3 recent articles on juvenile reentry. To view these articles, click below.

Fields, D., & Abrams, L. S. (2010). Gender differences in the perceived needs and barriers of youth offenders preparing for community reentry. Child and Youth Care Forum, 39(4), 253-269.

Abrams, L. S., & Freisthler, B. (2010). A spatial analysis of risks and resources for reentry youth in Los Angeles County. Journal of the Society for Social Work Research, 1(1), 41-55.

Abrams, L. S., & Snyder, S. (2010). Youth offender reentry: Conceptual models for intervention and directions for future inquiry. Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 1787-1795.

 

Gangs: Intervention Strategies to Break the Cycle of Violence
A Presentation of the UCLA Department of Social Welfare