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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...
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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...
