Youth Today
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According to Survey, Majority of Both College-Educated and Non-College-Educated Young People Leaning Towards Obama
President Barack Obama holds a commanding lead among young adults ages 18 to 29, with days to go until the 2012 presidential...
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Violence Prevention Programs Move Beyond ‘Scared Straight’
Miriam Krinsky believes that, in order to change a young life in a positive way, threats don’t work. Teens need solutions, not...
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Identifying Effective Prevention Programs
The most effective violence-prevention programs won’t work for every young person, according to Oscar Githua, a forensic psychologist with experience in the...
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Canadian Researchers Examine Link Between Cyberbullying and Teen Suicide
In evaluating 41 cases in which young people, allegedly the victims of cyberbullying, killed themselves, researchers at Nova Scotia’s Dalhousie University have released...
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In Youth Vote, Turnout is Key
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Growing up in an abusive household in South Carolina, Harold “R.J.” Sloke spent days locked up like a prisoner...
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Women’s Health Remains a Hot Issue
The Republican Party has taken a public beating on the issue of women’s health in recent months. In interviews with more than...
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Latino Voters Offer Untapped Potential
A wave of 50,000 Latinos turns 18 every month, according to the Pew Hispanic Center. Those young people join the ranks of...
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Who are the Millennials?
People between the ages of 18 and 29 make up more than one-fifth of all U.S. voters, according to Tufts University’s CIRCLE....
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The Streets Bring Dire Lessons for the Young Homeless
Prostitution didn’t come easily to Brenda Myers-Powell. At 15, she put herself out on the streets of Chicago, and for a while, they weren’t taking to...
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Lessons Nonprofits can Learn from Demise of Noted Agency
During the course of its 35 years, Public/Private Ventures — a well-regarded nonprofit that combined practice and research to learn the best...
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Georgetown Researchers Examine Needs of Nation’s Growing Female Detainee Population
Females represent a growing percentage of youth detained in the nation’s juvenile justice facilities, according to a new report, which found that...
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AAUW Says A Year After Graduating, Females Making Almost 20 Percent Less Than Males
A new report released by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) finds that one year after college graduation, women in 2009 were...
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New Study Examines Victimization as Motivator in Adolescent Suicide Ideation
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric & Adolescent Medicine this week examined the effects of recent victimization – such as...
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Does Socioeconomic Status Play a Role in the Neurological Development of Children?
Last week, members of the Society for Neuroscience convened in New Orleans for their annual meeting, where several studies examining the links...
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State Advisors to Federal Juvenile Justice Office Briefed on Reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Thirteen advocates and professionals from around the country who serve as advisors to the federal office for juvenile justice...
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Maryland Voters Likely to Approve State DREAM Act
When she was 10 years old, Veronica Sarazia and her 8-year-old brother bid goodbye to the grandmother who had cared for them...
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Newly Released Boy Scout Files Shed Light on Sex Abuse in Youth Groups
The curtain that has long shielded the extent of sex abuse in some youth-serving organizations was lifted a little higher today with...
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Public Reports and Databases about Molesters in Youth Groups
Boy Scouts of America Various sets of Confidential Files show about 5,000 leaders banned from 1947 to 2004. * Confidential Files from...
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Timeline: How BSA Files Went from Confidential to Public
1987 – In Wilson v. Tobiassen (Benton County, Ore.), the BSA is ordered to submit the Confidential Files on the offender to...
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Obama Addresses Child Poverty Questions; Romney Declines
President Barack Obama sent a two-page letter over the weekend to six child advocacy organizations to explain his plan to combat poverty...
