Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2023;17(3):535-543.
Most U.S. states lack a minimum age of juvenile legal jurisdiction, which leaves young children vulnerable to a harsh, punitive system that causes lifelong adverse health and social outcomes. However, partnership between academics, advocates, and policymakers can catalyze legislative change to set minimum ages.
We, an academic pediatrician and social worker, describe our stakeholder-policymaker-academic partnered research that led to the passage of California Senate Bill 439, which excludes children under age 12 from eligibility for juvenile legal prosecution. To stimulate future efforts, we also describe how the initial partnership led to a national coalition through which we are partnering with stakeholders across the United States to influence minimum age laws nationwide.
Stakeholder-policymaker-academic partners can contribute synergistically in the research-to-policymaking process.
Through a stakeholder-policymaker-academic partnership, we were able to influence the passage of a minimum age law for the juvenile legal system in California. Lessons learned in this collaboration can be applied by researchers across disciplines who wish to influence policy.
大多数美国州缺乏少年司法管辖权的最低年龄，这使得年幼的孩子容易受到严厉、惩罚性制度的伤害，从而导致终生不良的健康和社会后果。然而，学者、倡导者和政策制定者之间的合作可以促进立法改革，以设定最低年龄。
我们，一位儿科医生和社会工作者，描述了我们的利益攸关方-政策制定者-学者合作研究，该研究导致了加州参议院法案 439 的通过，该法案将 12 岁以下的儿童排除在少年法律起诉的资格之外。为了激发未来的努力，我们还描述了最初的合作如何导致一个全国性联盟，通过该联盟，我们正在与美国各地的利益攸关方合作，以影响全国范围内的最低年龄法。
利益攸关方-政策制定者-学者合作伙伴可以在研究到政策制定的过程中协同发挥作用。
通过利益攸关方-政策制定者-学者的合作，我们成功地影响了加利福尼亚州少年司法系统最低年龄法的通过。这一合作中吸取的经验教训可以为希望影响政策的跨学科研究人员所应用。
