Report Roundup

Healing Invisible Wounds: Why Investing in Trauma-Informed Care for Children Makes Sense

Justice Policy Institute

This policy brief says that not enough is being done by the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems to address the issues of youths who have experienced traumatic events.

Between 75 and 93 percent of youth who enter the juvenile justice system have experienced at least one traumatic event, the authors say. Those events include physical abuse, community violence, neglect and loss of a caregiver.