The Orange County Probation Department has launched an aggressive multi-agency initiative aimed at reforming juvenile detention guidelines by offering alternatives to traditional detention. The vehicle for reform is the innovative, evidence-based Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) point system of the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative (JDAI), a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation. The...

States and localities across the country are continuously seeking answers and solutions to the problems facing our most vulnerable children and families. Traditional state and local government responses have historically resulted in cumbersome, bureaucratic systems, lacking in their ability to respond in a flexible and timely manner to the immediate and real needs of families. Children living i...

Denis Caillerie1, Vuk Milišić2,∗, Ayman Mourad3, and Annie Raoult4 1 3S-R, UMR CNRS-UJF-INPG 5521 Domaine Universitaire, BP53 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. 2 LJK-IMAG, UMR CNRS-UJF-INPG 5523, B. P. 53, 38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France. 3 Université libanaise and Lebanese International University, Beyrouth, Lebanon. 4 MAP5, Université Paris Descartes and CNRS, 45 rue des Saints Pères, 75270 Pari...