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- ABA Recommendation 111B is a policy citation that appears in later ABA materials
- The federal Defending Childhood report is described as a set of recommendations
- Trauma informed youth justice policy can involve many systems at once
- It is helpful to understand what an ABA House of Delegates document is and is not
- Sources
Key Facts
- Federal level: U.S. Department of Justice materials describe a national task force on children exposed to violence that produced the December 2012 Defending Childhood report.
- Federal level: The Defending Childhood report is described in later ABA House of Delegates materials as containing fifty-six recommendations.
- Federal and state: ABA House of Delegates materials describe the ABA as having adopted the Defending Childhood recommendations as ABA policy in 2013.
- Federal and state: ABA House of Delegates materials cite ABA Recommendation and Report No. 111B from 2013 as urging implementation of the Defending Childhood recommendations.
- Federal and state: The same ABA materials describe the Defending Childhood recommendations as calling for trauma-informed approaches and practices for justice-system-involved children and youth exposed to violence.
- Federal and state: ABA policy documents are commonly presented as a resolution with a supporting report to the ABA House of Delegates.
- Federal and state: In a U.S. Supreme Court filing, the ABA describes itself as a voluntary professional membership organization that adopts standards, guidelines, and recommended policies.
- Federal and state: Later ABA House of Delegates resolutions addressing children exposed to violence describe recommendations aimed at actions across federal, state, and tribal systems.
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ABA Recommendation 111B is a policy citation that appears in later ABA materials
“ABA Recommendation, Report No. 111B (2013)” is commonly encountered as a citation inside later American Bar Association House of Delegates reports that discuss children exposed to violence and youth justice policy.
Based on those later House of Delegates materials, Recommendation and Report No. 111B is described as an ABA policy document that supported implementing the recommendations in the U.S. Department of Justice Defending Childhood report.
The federal Defending Childhood report is described as a set of recommendations
The Defending Childhood report is described in ABA House of Delegates materials as the December 2012 report of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence, and it is described as containing fifty-six recommendations.
Those same ABA materials describe the recommendations as calling for trauma-informed approaches and practices for children and youth involved in the justice system who have been exposed to violence.
Trauma informed youth justice policy can involve many systems at once
Even when a policy document focuses on “youth justice,” the institutions involved may include courts, law enforcement, prosecutors, defense services, schools, child welfare agencies, and health and behavioral health services, depending on the jurisdiction and setting.
In later ABA House of Delegates resolutions tied to this same topic area, the resolution language can refer to multiple levels of government, including federal, state, and tribal governments, reflecting how youth-serving systems often cross jurisdictional lines.
It is helpful to understand what an ABA House of Delegates document is and is not
| Item | Plain language description |
|---|---|
| ABA Recommendation or resolution | A policy position adopted through the ABA House of Delegates process and published with a supporting report in many instances. |
| Federal or state law | Binding legal rules that come from constitutions, statutes, regulations, and court decisions, which can differ by jurisdiction and topic. |
In a U.S. Supreme Court filing, the ABA describes itself as a voluntary professional membership organization, which is one reason ABA policy documents are often discussed as guidance or advocacy materials rather than as legal commands.
