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State’s DREAM Act Turned Over to Voters by Maryland’s High Court

WASHINGTON -The highest court in the state of Maryland has cleared the way for voters this fall to determine the fate of...

Boy Scout ‘Perversion Files’ ordered Released by Oregon High Court

Some 20,000 pages of so-called perversion files compiled by the Boy Scouts of America and going back more than 20 years, will...

Oregon Supreme Court Orders Boy Scouts to Make Sex Abuse Files Public

WASHINGTON -An extraordinary collection of nearly 1,250 secret files kept by the Boy Scouts of America to document cases of child sex...

UK Advocates Turning to NYC as Model for ‘Saner’ Criminal Justice System

But then something remarkable happened, according to Greg Berman, author of the recent report “A Thousand Small Sanities: Crime Control Lessons from...

New CDC Report Shines Light on Teen Suicide Trends

The report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance – United States 2011, published last week...

A Thousand Small Sanities: Crime Control Lessons from New York

More Health Insurance Providers Back Coverage for Adult Children

WASHINGTON – Three major health insurance companies have announced they will continue to provide coverage to dependent children on family plans until...

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,...