All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Diagnosis: Adolescence, Not Otherwise Specified (NOS)

Think back to your teenage years for a moment. Were you ever impulsive? Was it important to fit in? Did you make...

Top Headlines 12/11

Juvenile Justice Former Ohio public defender blames system, not judge, in unfairness allegations. Virginia boy’s sentence of six life terms plus 118...

Top Headlines 12/10

Juvenile Justice Wyoming to expand juvenile justice database program. Helping youth offenders transition back to school. Education U.S. education system is working...

Top Headlines 12/9

Juvenile Justice Maryville case puts Missouri’s juvenile system under scrutiny. New York panel looks at raising age of criminal responsibility. Education Case...

Moving from the Traditional Idea of Punishment to a More Measured Response

One of the most entrenched ideas in American culture is that punishment is effective both at creating justice and at affecting change...

National Standards for the Care of Youth Charged with Status Offenses

Report Urges Ban on Detaining Status Offenders

WASHINGTON – They’re known as status offenders – youths who commit offenses that wouldn’t even be considered offenses but for their age: truancy,...

Holidays in the Juvenile Justice System

My wife, Mary Jo, and I were snowbound in Michigan while working on a building project so we lost Thanksgiving with our...

Youth Civic Development & Education

At Thanksgiving, Reflecting on Justice for Native Americans

The myth of Thanksgiving is deeply embedded in American culture. I can remember cutting out paper turkeys and making pilgrim hats and...

Too Many of Our Kids Up Against a Stacked Deck

The woman, a grandmother, was telling me about her two grandsons, aged four and five, “I’m afraid for them, and they are...

Top Headlines 11/21

Juvenile Justice Op-Ed: Some kids deserve adult punishment. Three teens begin hearings in Memphis murder trial. Education DOE teams with unions to...

Top Headlines 11/20

Juvenile Justice Children are victims in sex trafficking, not criminals. Federal DOJ to investigate St. Louis Family Court. Education Arne Duncan regrets...

Top Headlines 11/19

Juvenile Justice “Kids for Cash” movie carries heavy emotional weight. Balancing safety and youths’ rights. Education Alabama Department of Education moves to...

Top Headlines 11/18

Juvenile Justice Poorest county in nation faces juvenile jail overcrowding. Trial begins for Florida sheriff accused of mistreating kids in custody. Florida...

To Understand Juvenile Detention, Listen to the Kids Inside

There is a world within prisons that only the prisoners know. Correctional officers, administrators, counselors and academics may all have access to...

Top Headlines 11/15

Juvenile Justice Kids for Cash documentary coming out. DOJ gives more than $60 million to reentry programs. Private youth prison company gets...

Top Headlines 11/14

Juvenile Justice Philadelphia teen charged in exposure of evidence and witness intimidation part of wider “anti-snitching” sentiment. The politics of closing an...

Top Headlines 11/13

Juvenile Justice Louisiana ruling leaves JLWOP sentences unchanged. Many states changing the way older teens are adjudicated. Education Indiana looks at changing...

Top Headlines 11/12

Juvenile Justice Florida DJJ tries to explain mistake in releasing wrong juvenile prisoner. Illinois youth prisons could get monitor. Peer court trains...