Eric Ferkenhoff, Author at Youth Today

A Sad Truth: In Chicago, The Murder of Hadiya Pendleton, While Tragic and High-Profile, Is Commonplace »

Written by Susan Du and Eric Ferkenhoff Originally appeared in The Chicago Bureau CHICAGO- Violence stalks Chicago’s streets, but when faced with...

CHICAGO – Don’t tell D’Andray Jackson hope is lost; he’ll have none of it. His arms tucked inside a sweatshirt on a...

CHICAGO – Julie Anderson is 55, white and squarely in the middle class. “I’m not exactly liberal,” she said. But sometimes a...

The violence that stains Chicago is a long way from Washington, D.C., where the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday it was not...

New federal research is giving momentum to the call for reduced penalties and more rehabilitation for drug offenders – including juveniles –...

The nation’s juvenile and family courts need to lower walls that have blocked the sharing of data that is key for to...

After years of focusing on the safety of children, the nation’s juvenile courts are shifting to a more holistic approach that takes...