Youth Today
All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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536NewsAn 11-year-old denied making a threat and was allowed to return to school. Tennessee police arrested him anyway.
Students across Tennessee can be arrested for statements that wouldn’t even get them expelled.
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563NewsJustice organization announces new youth restorative justice partners
Can restorative justice programs move juvenile justice away from policing, prosecutions, and prisons?
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690NewsA Louisiana law meant to fight teen violence is sweeping 17-year-olds arrested for lesser crimes into adult court
Louisiana is the only state to pass and then reverse Raise the Age legislation.
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740NewsSchool violence: Mapping incidents in Georgia
2019-2024: An interactive map for five years of school gun violence in Georgia.
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1.4KNewsNot ‘Mini-Adult Court’: Lawyers lacking qualifications defended 1,200 Cuyahoga County kids
Juvenile Court judges will now track qualifications. Will the tracking system be adequate?
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1.4KNewsThe seemingly endless cycle of reforms in juvenile justice
Ohio announced it will try to shut down its three large youth correctional facilities.
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770NewsSchool district with highest student arrest rate in the nation agrees to reform how it disciplines disabled students
The agreement concludes a federal civil rights investigation into Four Rivers Special Education District.
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770NewsA gunman kills at school and prosecutors again focus on the suspect’s parent
Georgia prosecutors allege a father’s actions led to the mass Apalachee High School shooting.
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966Book ReviewsNew book by an author who journeyed from incarcerated juvenile to college professor teaching restorative justice
Sentenced to life without parole at 18, Felix is proof redemption is possible.
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985► ReportsExpanding education and employment pathways for systems-involved young people
Tackling the root causes of disconnection from education and careers with systems-involved youth.
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846NewsUvalde city officials release records of Robb Elementary shooting that provide new details, reaffirm previous reporting
Records reaffirm law enforcement failed to engage the gunman who killed 21 people.
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835NewsAdvocates fear Minnesota students will again be subject to restraint used on George Floyd
Some say task force is shutting down discussion of guidelines for cops in schools.
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1.4K► ReportsNational report highlights severe cost of inadequate juvenile justice system
Our state and federal juvenile justice systems fail to consider stages of adolescent development.
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894NewsSchool interventions offer best shot at reducing youth violence
School is where we can identify these children in their high-risk groups.
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705NewsAn Illinois school district’s reliance on police to ticket students is discriminatory, civil rights complaint says
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets with fines.
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791NewsTicketed at school as a teen, a young Black woman is suing an Illinois city for violating her civil rights
Illinois law bans schools from fining students. But police routinely issue tickets to children.
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920NewsAs more youth struggle with behavior and traditional supports fall short, clinicians are partnering with lawyers to help
In medical-legal partnerships, health and law professionals team up to address health-harming legal needs.
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1.0KGuest Opinion EssayMostly banned from adult courts, polygraphs also shouldn’t be used against juveniles
In juvenile courts judges have the discretion to allow polygraph test results as evidence.
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668NewsDespite outcry over seclusion at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill
It aimed to empower an independent agency to require changes when standards were violated.
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1.1KNewsWhat happens when suspensions get suspended?
Students are benefiting from a decade-old ban on suspensions for ‘willful defiance.'
