The Justice Forum: From Juvenile Justice to Young Adult Justice: An Emerging Framework for Policy and Practice

Monday, November 30, 2015  6:30pm

Columbia Law School, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 103
435 West 116th Street, New York, NY 10027

Please join us for a discussion about a new framework, practice and programs, and related research about young adults in the justice system.

Vincent Schiraldi, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School, Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management, Harvard University

Karen Friedman-Agnifilo, Chief Assistant District Attorney, New York County Dsitrict Attorney’s Office

Richard Roderick, Programs Coordinator, Justice-in-Education Initiative, Columbia University, subject of “Cooler Bandits” documentary and formerly incarcerated at 18 for nearly 20 years

Jennifer A. Silvers, Ph.D. Columbia University, Department of Psychology

Moderated by Judy Yu, Director, Juvenile Justice Project, the Correctional Association

The human brain has been clinically shown to not fully mature until we reach our mid-20s. New research envisions a system that extends the reach of the juvenile court to reflect a modern understanding of the transition into adulthood. Approaches could include raising the age of juvenile court jurisdiction to 21, with additional, gradually diminishing  protections for young adults up to age 24 or 25; age-responsive reforms within adult criminal justice agencies; and community-based supports tailored to this age group.

Seating is first come, first seated.

     Livestream available at: https://livestream.com/CenterforJusticeatCU/JJReform

Sponsors

Center for Justice at Columbia University, Heyman Center for the Humanities, The Center for the Study of Law and Culture, and Columbia University Population Research Center

Auxiliary reading materials can be found via the following links: 

• Vincent Schiraldi – Why 21 year-old offenders should be tried in family court: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/time-to-raise-the-juvenile-age-limit/2015/10/02/948e317c-6862-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html

• Vincent Schiraldi, Bruce Western and Kendra Bradner – Community-Based Responses to Justice-Involved Young Adults: http://www.hks.harvard.edu/content/download/77657/1742659/version/1/file/ESCC-Community-BasedResponsestoJustice.pdf

• Vincent Schiraldi and Bruce Western – Time to Rethink the Age of Adult Court Jurisdiction

• Connecticut Governor Daniel P. Malloy’s proposal to raise the age of family court to 21 in CT  http://portal.ct.gov/Departments_and_Agencies/Office_of_the_Governor/Press_Room/Press_Releases/2015/11-2015/Gov__Malloy_Launches_Conversation_on_Expanding__Second_Chance_Society__Initiatives_in_Connecticut/