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Young People Abusing Painkillers at Rate 40 Percent Higher Than Older Age Groups
According to a new study recently published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, today’s teens and young adults are using prescription painkillers...
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Similar patterns of behavior emerge in sex abuse scandals
How organizational practices enabled molesters, until victims forced changes One morning in 1969, a boy nearly ignited a sex abuse scandal in...
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Boy Scout Files Show Patterns of Sexual Abuse
How organizational practices enabled molesters, until victims forced changes One morning in 1969, a boy nearly ignited a sex abuse scandal in...
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Should 24-Year-Old Offenders be Considered Juveniles?
LAS VEGAS — When the National Partnership for Juvenile Services annual symposium opened, Jason Bowser, a youth service director from Columbus, Ind., told an...
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Report Card on U.S. Children “We can do Better”
Nearly two years ago, more than a dozen welfare experts trooped to Capitol Hill to testify about challenges to American children and...
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Documentary Follows Brooklyn’s Championship Middle School Chess Team
The trials and triumphs of the chess team at New York City’s Intermediate School 318 in Brooklyn — dubbed “the most successful...
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Juvenile Justice Advocates Fear Millions Cut by Sequestration
Unless the U.S. Congress agrees on a different budget by the end of this year, stopping a so-called “sequestration” budget, federal spending...
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Forced From Home: The Lost Boys and Girls of Central America
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Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States
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Richard Ross on America’s Youth Detention Facilities and Juvenile Justice Policies
A day before holding a lecture at Kennesaw State University in Georgia, Richard Ross visited his friend, Ronald F., in Miami. “It...
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California’s Ban on Reparative Therapy for Minors Gains Advocates Attention
The focus of many gay rights advocates is on the West Coast to gauge whether a new California law banning therapy to...
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New Report Examines Risks of Wandering Among Autistic Children
A new report finds that nearly half of children with autism spectrum disorders are at risk for “elopement behaviors,” including a smaller...
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GLISI – Conditions for Success
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CDC: Smoking in Top-Grossing US Movies, 2011
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Delaware Becomes First State in Nation to Outlaw Child Spanking
Last month, Gov. Jack Markell signed Senate Bill 234 into law, making Delaware the first state in the nation to effectively make...
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Soft Drinks May Play Greater Role in Childhood Obesity than Previously Indicated, According to New Research
Research published in September by the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that sodas and other high-calorie, sweetened drinks may play a...
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CDC Wants Major Changes to Depictions of Tobacco Use in Youth-Oriented Films
A new study published last week in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s journal, Preventing Chronic Disease, indicates that onscreen depictions...
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Tonight’s Debate to Bring National Attention to Childhood Poverty, Advocacy Groups Turn to Twitter
With millions of people expected to tune into tonight’s presidential debate – the election season’s much anticipated first meeting between President Barack...
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Late Night Cell Phone Use May Lead to Suicidal Thoughts in Teens, Study Says
A new study out of Japan suggests that young people that use cell phones late at night – specifically, those that text...
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FTC Seeking Regulatory Changes for Collection of Children’s Online Data
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is currently considering regulatory changes that may prevent websites and online applications from collecting data about young...
