Building Multisystem Approaches in Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice

May 1, 2008 This paper by Denise Herz and Joseph Ryan was commissioned to inform participants of a Wingspread Conference that was held from May 7-9 2008, to outline a policy agenda to improve outcomes for the children and youth who cross over from child welfare to juvenile justice or from juvenile justice to the child welfare system. The report begins by summarizing existing research on the pathways that children follow from the child welfare into the juvenile justice system and the increased probabilities of engaging in delinquent behavior after experiencing abuse and/or neglect. Chapter 2 then summarizes . . .