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Marijuana Possession Should be Decriminalized, Says New York Governor

Last week, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his support of a change to state law that would decriminalize the possession of...

Report Urges State Agencies to Address Growing Kinship Care Needs

A new report finds that more American children are living under kinship care with relatives or family friends instead of their parents,...

Teen Pot Smokers More Likely to Have Children Who Abuse Drugs

According to a recent National Institutes of Health-funded study, mothers using marijuana during their teen years may have a greater likelihood of giving...

Juvenile Justice System Secrecy Reduced with Powerful New Tool

Traditionally, juvenile courts have protected children from lasting stigma and emotional trauma through aggressive secrecy, in contrast to their adult counterparts. But...

Fake Pot Once Again for Sale in Georgia Despite Ban

Packages of synthetic marijuana are once again available for sale legally, despite a law passed in March banning the drug, because manufacturers...

Drug Courts Effective, New Report Finds

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

Department of Justice: The Benefits of Specialized Drug Courts

Report Finds Wide Misuse of Prescription Painkillers by Teens

According to two recently published studies, prescription painkiller misuse by teenagers is on the rise, with as many as 13 percent of...

Experts Offer Tips on Preventing ‘Summertime Learning Loss’

It’s not exactly breaking news that over the course of summer breaks, many children tend to forget lessons they had learned over...

Study: Zero Tolerance Policies May Have Negative Health Implications for Students

A new report based on research of three California school districts suggests that school children exposed to so called, “zero tolerance” policies...

Pell Grant Cuts

It might make for a more leisurely summer, but Kennesaw State University student Steven Welch didn’t dump college courses to have more...

Social Networks, Delinquency, and Gang Membership

Former Teen Offenders Speak Up, Make Recommendations to Improve Juvenile Justice System

The youth sent to the Texas Juvenile Justice System are some of the most chronic delinquent offenders in the state. Ninety-three percent are boys,...

Facebook App Puts Public Inside Foster Care System

Each year, more than half a million children come into contact with the foster care system in the United States. Of those, 80 percent...

Applications Now Available for CJJR’s Information Sharing Certificate Program

The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University‘s Public Policy Institute, in partnership with the Juvenile Law Center, has announced its inaugural Information Sharing Certificate...

Louisiana ‘Strayed’ from Commitment to Juvenile Justice Reform, Report Contends

Nearly a decade after Louisiana committed to sweeping changes to the state’s struggling juvenile justice system, some advocates contend the governor and...

Analyzing State Differences in Child Well-Being

David Domenici: Educators Can and Should Break the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Speaking at the New Schools – Aspen Institute Summit 2012 last week, David Domenici challenged educators to embrace troubled (and often challenging) students and to keep...

ACLU Basic Decency Report 2012- Examination of Life Sentences for Youth

This report, mostly authored by civil rights attorney Deborah LaBelle, examines the practice of sentencing juvenile offenders to life in prison. The...

Juvenile Crime Rates Falling in New York

Juvenile crime rates in the state of New York, but excluding New York City, fell 17 percent between 2010 and 2011, according...