The Breaking the Rules toolkit can help juvenile probation agencies, courts, and their key partners work together to reform their current approaches to condition setting and enforcement. System leaders can also draw on the findings from a 50-state policy scan to ensure that state laws and court rules support effective probation practices.
Toolkit
Section 1: Reasons to Question, Questions to Ask
Why should jurisdictions consider reforming their approach to juvenile probation conditions and enforcement? Hear directly from youth, community leaders, and probation officers.
Section 2: Solutions to Explore
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50-State Findings
Access the complete 50-State Findings content in PDF form here.
Jurisdictions should consider how state policy and court rules can support local system improvement, including collecting data on technical violations, establishing limitations or restrictions on the use of detention/incarceration for technical violations, and developing graduating responses.