Juvenile Justice CPR

Juvenile Justice CPR (Charting a Path to Redemption) is a legal reform initiative. CPR catalogues the challenges that Florida’s at-risk youth face by becoming involved in and trapped by the juvenile justice system. CPR seeks to tear down barriers so our kids will have the opportunity to receive the help they need in order to achieve the American dream.

Our five Juvenile Justice CPR goals focus on reducing the short-and long-term consequences of an arrest to the juvenile justice system, reducing the harmful effects to children processed through juvenile courts (such as shackling them in court), increasing confidentiality protections, increasing the use of evidence-based interventions and developing alternatives to the prosecution of young children and adolescents with disabilities.

Juvenile Justice CPR supports the work of the newly created  Blueprint Commission on Juvenile Justice, which was formed by Gov. Crist and Department of Juvenile Justice Walt McNeil to formulate reforms for Florida’s juvenile justice system. The goal of the Blueprint Commission is to re-focus the mission, vision and guiding principles of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Consistent with those goals, Juvenile Justice CPR proposes:

  1. Reduce the short- and long-term consequences of an arrest or adjudication that interfere with the ability to obtain an education, employment or lead a law-abiding life. Click here for recommendations

  2. Reduce harmful effects to children processed through juvenile courts. Click here for recommendations

  3. Increase confidentiality and privacy protections. Click here for recommendations

  4. Increase use of evidence-based interventions, such as Multi Systemic Therapy (MST), Functional Family Therapy (FFT), Life Skills Training (LST), Multi Dimensional Family Therapy (MDFT) and Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT). Click here for recommendations

  5. Develop alternatives to prosecution for young children and adolescents with disabilities. Click here for recommendations

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Juvenile Justice CPR
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Law Offices of the Public Defender
for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida
1320 NW 14th St., Miami, FL 33125
Phone: (305) 545-1905