What Works in Public Safety: Juvenile Justice Grounded in Youth Development

Judge Patricia Martin speaks on juvenile justice at the 2011 What Works Conference held Dec. 9, 2011 in Portland, Oregon. Judge Martin is President of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges. Judge Martin is a member and past chair of the Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial Conference Study Committee on Juvenile Justice and a member of the Illinois Supreme Court Special Committee on Child Custody Issues. Judge Martin received her education at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt., and Northern Illinois University College of Law. Judge Martin's recent honors include the 2010 Service to the Community Award from the Resolution Systems Institute, and the 2007 C.F. Stradford Award, given each year by the State’s Attorney’s Office to distinguished attorneys in the African-American community.