Princeton University

On November 14th, PRIOR, the Future of Children and the Association for Children of New Jersey will hold “Vulnerable Populations in the Juvenile Justice System: A Research & Policy Conference.” This day-long symposium, which will take place in Robertson Hall on Princeton University’s campus, will support the release of the upcoming Future of Children volume on juvenile justice policy.

The event will consist of four sessions, each devoted to a particular aspect of the juvenile justice system: youth in multiple systems; minority youth in the juvenile justice system; policy and practice in the New Jersey region; and a developmental approach to understanding adolescence and crime. Elizabeth Scott, the Harold R. Medina Professor of Law at Columbia University Law School, will deliver the luncheon address; and Professor Lawrence Steinberg of Temple University will deliver the opening address.  Scholars from the University of Illinois, the University of Massachusetts and the University of California, Irvine and practitioners from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families, New Jersey Juvenile Justice System and the Juvenile Law Center will serve as panelists.