TN Can Improve the Youth Justice System

How Do We Adress Opportunities for Improvement?

• Ensure equitable treatment;
• Provide effective delinquency prevention and early intervention programs;
• Educate system participants and educate policy makers;
• Provide cultural sensitivity and competency training for law enforcement, judges, teachers, attorneys, service providers, and concerned citizens;
• Use more objective decision-making criteria throughout the system;
• Make changes in processing policies and procedures;
• Implement better youth justice data collection and analysis systems;
• Provide better monitoring of the operation of the system.

What Citizens Can Do?

• Volunteer;
• Mentor a child;
• Tutor a child;
• Contribute money;
• Support public policies;
• Support efforts to keep children in school;
• Get involved with children in the community.