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The Redemptive Justice Project – A Multi-Disciplinary Approach (The “TJP”) is a multi-year, multi-faceted, Comunity and Juvenile Justice System-Transforming, Alternative to Detention Program designed to address the needs of “at-risk” youth, their communities, and the Juvenile Justice system.

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The program modifies disenfranchisement paradigms by re-aligning the life-trajectories of young people,  their families and their communities, while simultaneously helping to adjust Juvenile Justice system processes to favor treatment and re-integration best-practices.

 

This particular program has proven effective in urban, suburban, and rural environments.

 

The underlying rationale of the entire Juvenile Justice system is that youth are developmentally different from adults and that their behavior is malleable.  Rehabilitation and treatment, therefore, in addition to community protections, are considered to be primary, viable and concurrent goals.

 

Juvenile law attempts to focus on a psychological casework approach, rather than adhering to strict legal processes, taking into account detailed assessments of each young person's history in order to meet his or her specific needs.

 

Court proceedings may be confidential to protect privacy.