Domestic violence is often a risk factor in the lives of youthful offenders. Professionals need to understand the overt and hidden ways domestic and other forms of violence affect juvenile offenders. Four main ways domestic violence presents itself in the juvenile justice system are exposure history; presenting offense; hidden offending pattern; and victimization. This handbook contains information that will help those in the juvenile justice system learn about domestic violence and its impact on adolescents, lean about evaluating risk and safety planning for victims of domestic violence, learn about coordinated justice responses to domestic violence and the role of juvenile custody programs and probation, learn about risk assessment and reduction with adolescent perpetrators of intimate partner and family violence, learn about promising practices for adolescent perpetrators of intimate partner and family violence, and learn about resources on domestic violence for adolescent victims and perpetrators. Perpetration brings young people into the justice system, however, exposure and victimization also need to be identified and addressed to try and break the cycle of violence. References