Youth
Enhancing Law Enforcement Response to Children Exposed to Violence Toolkit
Reducing Risks: An Executive's Guide to Effective Juvenile Interview and Interrogation
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...
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...
Missing Children
Law enforcement agencies should expeditiously respond to and thoroughly investigate all reports of missing children without regard to jurisdiction, coordinate a response with the appropriate jurisdiction...
Resources
Effective Youth Diversion Strategies for Law Enforcement
Effective Youth Diversion Strategies for Law Enforcement
On January 23rd, 2014, the IACP held a webinar intended to educate law enforcement and juvenile justice practitioners...
Juvenile Interview and Interrogation
The juvenile interview and interrogation landscape has undergone an unprecedented upheaval in the last decade as numerous studies have demonstrated that juveniles are particularly likely...
Practices in Modern Policing: Police-Youth Engagement
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...
