Youth Today
Opinion
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Let’s Change How Police Question Young Suspects
When I had been practicing in North Carolina’s juvenile courts for about a year, I represented a client charged in the same...
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OP-ED: Breaking the Cycle of Hyper-Recidivism
Is reform a means to cut the budget or is cutting the budget a means to reform? It’s like which came first–the...
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Top Headlines 7/15
Juvenile Justice Georgia DJJ rolls out two pilots intended to help detained youth in transition. Education NYC’s increased spending doesn’t produce better...
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Top Headlines 7/8
Juvenile Justice Op-Ed calls for more research into Iowa juvenile justice policy. Texas legislators pass 50 justice bills, including many covering juveniles....
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OP-ED: Reflections on Independence Day
As I write this the nation is celebrating the 237th anniversary of the ratification of the Declaration of Independence. It’s pretty rainy...
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OP-ED: Who Benefits from Zero Tolerance Policies?
I have been out of high school since 1984, and I realize that things these days are different. It was a time...
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When Kids Behave Like Kids, Don’t Punish Them Like They are Adults
As a criminal defense lawyer and the mother of two girls, I have a very effective disciplinary tool at my disposal: I...
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OP-ED: Extending Justice to All Kids
Humans naturally form groups, and the way we treat those inside our groups is different, usually radically so, from the way we...
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Top Headlines 6/5
Child Welfare Beating death of 8-yr-old boy leads to a review of California’s child welfare agency. Editorial on the death of Gabriel...
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OP-ED: Opening Our Eyes to Uncomfortable Truths
Athens, Ga., is a funny town. It’s the home of the University of Georgia, meaning some 35,000 students make their home here...
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OP-ED: The Victim, the Bully and the Outside
In prison I could often tell who would be a target for victimization. I developed this ability the old fashioned way, through...
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Prisons are no Place for Profit
The Times Tribune published an article Tuesday outlining the final report of Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Ronald D. Castille covering changes in how...
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Gay Marriage Supports Kids’ Well-Being: American Academy of Pediatrics
The 60,000-member American Academy of Pediatrics announced its support for same-sex marriage yesterday, following a review of 30 years of research comparing...
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Real Reform is Real Change
I read with interest the excellent op-ed by my fellow contributor John Lash titled “Putting a Face on Reform” and his comments...
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U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hears Testimony on School-to-Prison Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Twenty-year-old Edward Ward (pictured left), a sophomore on the honor roll at DePaul University, tried to describe to U.S. Sens....
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Recognizing the Invisible Threads Connecting Us All
My first workshop in restorative justice was just a few years ago. I had been studying the literature, and considering how the...
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Reconsidering Life Sentences for Juveniles who Kill
In the 1993 book “Dead Man Walking“, Sister Helen Prejean tells the story of people directly impacted by capital punishment – convicted...
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Juveniles with Mandatory Life Sentences Should be Resentenced
The recent decision (reported here by the L.A. Times) by the U.S. Supreme Court to ban mandatory juvenile life without parole has been rightly celebrated as...
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When the Law Doesn’t Fit the Crime: Lessons from the Blogosphere
Practicing criminal law is not rocket science. It’s also not open-heart surgery. But it’s more than just slapping a slice of cheese...
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Top Headlines 8/29
Education The 2012 GOP education platform stresses teachers staying accountable and school choices for parents and children, reports Huffington Post. Child Welfare...
