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Building a National Juvenile Justice Research Resource

State-by-State Challenges, Comparative Analysis, and the Next Phase of the Juvenile Justice Innovation Initiative.

September 23 2026 Online via Zoom
Past Event · Recording Available

Building a National Juvenile Justice Research Resource

State-by-State Challenges, Comparative Analysis, and the Next Phase of the Juvenile Justice Innovation Initiative

DateSeptember 23, 2026
Time1:00 PM Eastern Time
FormatZoom · 1 hour
PresenterHanna Kotyk

Juvenile Justice Innovation Initiative LLC hosted this professional educational webinar to present a structured approach to comparing state juvenile justice systems and to introduce the Initiative’s current research products, methodology, and next phase of development.

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Webinar Recording

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About the Webinar

A common structure for comparing different state systems.

Across the United States, juvenile justice systems address many of the same fundamental questions, but they do so through different statutes, procedures, decision-makers, and institutional arrangements. The result is a fragmented legal landscape that can be difficult to compare across jurisdictions.

Hanna Kotyk introduced the research architecture being developed by Juvenile Justice Innovation Initiative LLC to make these differences easier to identify, organize, and analyze. The presentation focused on state-by-state statutory comparison, the decision-point audit approach, the Initiative’s current research outputs, and the next phase of the research platform.

The session is intended for research and professional education. It does not provide legal advice and does not suggest that every state should adopt a single legal model.

What the Webinar Covered

Five areas of discussion.

01

State-by-State Fragmentation

Why similar juvenile justice questions are governed through materially different legal structures across U.S. jurisdictions.

02

Decision-Point Audit

A structured way to examine who decides, what criteria apply, where discretion is located, and what safeguards or review mechanisms exist.

03

Current Research Outputs

The Model Juvenile Justice Act, Commentary, Analytical Report, U.S. State Juvenile Justice Statutory Index, and related research materials.

04

Ten-State Comparative Research

How a common research structure can help professionals identify differences in jurisdiction, diversion, adult-court pathways, restorative approaches, and data frameworks.

05

Next Phase of the Initiative

Broader state coverage, professional review, public dissemination, educational use, and continued development of practitioner-facing resources.

Recording & Educational Use

This webinar recording is published by Juvenile Justice Innovation Initiative LLC for educational, research, and informational purposes. Participants were informed that the session would be recorded, and the Zoom registration form included a required recording-consent acknowledgment.

Educational Disclaimer

This webinar and its supporting materials are intended for research and educational purposes only and do not constitute legal advice or legal representation.

Questions about the webinar or JJII research?

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