Youth
The IACP has provided law enforcement leaders and practitioners innovative approaches and best practices for engaging with, and responding to, children and youth. This includes implementing positive police/youth engagement strategies, effective juvenile interview and interrogation practices, addressing school safety, enhancing law enforcement’s role with children exposed to violence, and combating child sex trafficking.
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit
This Toolkit provides practical tools and resources to assist law enforcement agencies in building or enhancing effective operational responses to children exposed to violence (with…
Reducing Risks: An Executive's Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation
The juvenile interview and interrogation landscape is undergoing an unprecedented upheaval. Over the past decade, numerous studies have demonstrated that juveniles are particularly likely to…
Policy Center Resources
See AllChild Abuse
Child abuse and neglect have been traditionally regarded as the principal responsibility of child protective services and social welfare agencies. However, research has demonstrated that a...
Safeguarding Children of Arrested Parents
The arrest of a parent can have a significant impact on a child, whether or not the child is present at the time of the...
Interviewing and Interrogating Juveniles
The U.S. Supreme Court has recognized the emotional and developmental differences between adults and juveniles and the implications that this has on the conduct of...
Resources
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Adolescent Girls
There was a time when law enforcement calls involving youth were nearly always for adolescent boys. Girls were rarely arrested, and when they were, it…
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Adolescent Girls
There was a time when law enforcement calls involving youth were nearly always for adolescent boys. Girls were rarely arrested, and when they were, it…
EXPIRED IACP and Law Enforcement Support for the McGruff House Program
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) and the National Crime Prevention Council (NCPC) have had a long and continuous relationship; and WHEREAS…
