A number of strategies are explored to prevent juvenile justice involvement and the negative impact of youth incarceration on youth and their families. Trauma-based interventions and efforts to reinforce self-regulation are among these approaches. Other efforts to reduce juvenile justice encounters focus on community level factors such as reducing poverty and increasing access to resources.

Building upon previous workshops focusing on aspects of the criminal justice system (incarceration and drug control policies), this one day workshop explored the links between juvenile justice experience and poor health outcomes for youth of color, their families, and their communities.