Youth Today
All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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1.3KOpinionBeyond the bars: A physician’s call to action for holistic health in youth justice systems
We must confront an urgent reality: the juvenile justice system is not designed to heal.
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2.2K► ReportsThe effects of the Big Brothers Big Sisters Community-Based Mentoring program on crime and delinquency
A report details outcomes of Big Brothers Big Sisters of America's Community-Based Mentoring program.
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2.1KOpinionDetained and in the dark: Girls in juvenile detention need menstrual health education now
Young women/girls in juvenile detention lack fundamental knowledge needed for choices about their bodies.
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7.6KOpinionWhat Netflix’s “Adolescence” gets wrong — and right — about ‘kids these days’
By the end of watching it, I wish it had been called "An Adolescent."
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986► ReportsTransforming juvenile justice through strategic financing
Child Trends releases a mixed-methods study of juvenile justice systems’ financing across select states/localities.
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1.6K► PodcastsPodcasts explain latest trends in youth justice
What are effective ways to respond when youth make mistakes and break the law?
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1.3KNewsSome incarcerated youths will get health care after release under new law
The goal is to help prevent them from developing a health crisis or reoffending.
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1.3KNewsTwo families sue after 11-year-old and 13-year-old students were arrested under Tennessee’s school threat law
The lawsuits argue that students’ rights were violated when police were called.
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While youth detention numbers rise, states begin to roll back reforms
States are backtracking on youth justice reforms.
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1.6K► ReportsDisposable children: The prevalence of child abuse and trauma among children prosecuted as adults in Maryland
A report details the ACEs/childhood trauma among children prosecuted as adults in Maryland.
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1.6KFrom the Field5 reasons why school police officers may not be the most effective way to prevent violence
Research shows school police officers may subconsciously make students feel less safe.
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1.5KGrantsFamily justice improvement program grants
GRANT FOCUS: Family/Domestic Violence, Justice, Child Maltreatment, Child Welfare/Safety | Amount: $600,000-$700,000 | Deadline: Jan.17, 2025
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1.9KNewsAn 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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1.6KNewsJustice organization announces new youth restorative justice partners
Can restorative justice programs move juvenile justice away from policing, prosecutions, and prisons?
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1.6KNewsA 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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1.7KNewsSchool violence: Mapping incidents in Georgia
2019-2024: An interactive map for five years of school gun violence in Georgia.
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2.0KNewsNot ‘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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The 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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1.7KNewsSchool 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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1.6KNewsA 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.
