Message From The Managing Editor: Call for COVID-19 Manuscripts Related To COVID-19's Impact and System Responses

The Juvenile & Family Court Journal focuses on issues of interest to the field of juvenile and family justice, including child abuse and neglect, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, substance abuse, child custody and visitation, judicial leadership, and related topics. Since the pandemic began wreaking havoc on communities all across the country, the COVID-19 virus has been an important topic to everyone interested in juvenile and family justice. The Journal is inviting COVID-related articles (law, research, commentary, essay, etc.) for publication in Journal issues in 2021 and beyond. It is important to document the impact the pandemic has on juvenile and family justice. We want to know how courts and related agencies have been dealing with shut-downs and the disruption the virus has caused? How have caseloads changed? How are justice-involved children, youth, and families coping during the pandemic? How are things different in places that have not experienced much disruption? How are you preparing for a post-COVID world? What changes will you try to hang onto?

Submissions can be sent to [email protected]. See the Journal’s page on the Wiley website for submission guidelines.

Also in this issue:

The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges (NCJFCJ) recently passed a number of statements and resolutions on how to improve the lives of youth and families involved with juvenile or family courts. You will find these items later in this issue.