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WCCF testified at the Legislative Audit Bureau on April 10, 2008.  We focused on the deficiencies of programming in the adult system, as well as the funding needed to return 17-year-olds.  Here is our testimony.

The Council is working hard on returning 17-year-olds to the juvenile justice system.  To find out our main supporters in this effort, read "Returning 17-Year-Olds to Juvenile Court."

The Wiscosnin State Journal reports, “Second Thoughts on Adult Court for Violent Kids: States Respond to Research that Adult Court Makes Them Worse Off,”  Sunday, December 2, 2007.

WCCF testimony in favor of restricting cell phone use by new teenage drivers (August 26, 2007).

WCCF testified at the Governor’s Commission on Reducing Racial Disparities on July 24, 2007.  Click to view WCCF testimony and the Wisconsin State Journal's coverage of WCCF’s testimony.

WCCF testimony against AB249 at the hearing on May 3, 2007.

On March 8, 2007, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee recommended unanimously an audit on the effects of criminal court jurisdiction on all Wisconsin 17-year-olds. View WCCF testimony and WCCF press release on this exciting development for juvenile justice!

"Rethinking the Juvenile in Juvenile Justice," a WCCF publication about the intersection between brain research and juvenile justice (March 2006) Full Text or Executive Summary

Children and the Trickle Down Economy, an essay by WCCF Board member Joseph R. Wall.