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North Carolina Takes a Stand Against Sex Trafficking of Youth

Although discussion of trafficked youth has become prevalent in mainstream media and other venues, protection from prosecution for prostitution of domestic minors...

Guest Opinion Essay

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...

Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Top Headlines 5/9

Juvenile Justice Yesterday the Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) released a new report, Family Comes First: A Workbook to Transform the Justice System...

One Case Makes the Case for Community Based Services

CHICAGO — The national debate continues over the issues of guns and violence, but attention to the subject of mental health...

President’s Budget Includes Crucial Funding for Juvenile Justice

This year, President Barack Obama’s budget reflects more of the juvenile justice field’s priorities than ever before. These funding proposals will be...

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JUVENILE JUSTICE The threat to send wayward kids to a county detention home is no longer accurate, perhaps because it is no...

Keep Vigilant for Truth in Reforming Juvenile Justice

As juvenile justice reform moves forward around the country, certain words and phrases are increasingly being thrown about. We see calls for...

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Juvenile Justice “This is a very crucial day in the state of Georgia,” said Gov. Nathan Deal Thursday at the Elbert Shaw...

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Juvenile Justice Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal is expected to sign into law a sweeping overhaul of the state’s juvenile justice system. Today,...

Research

The Gun Debate, Round 2: Let’s Learn From Young People, Not Demonize Them

While investigating the “age-crime curve” literature, we discovered a crucial omission: decades of research associating adolescent age with more crime had...

Archives: 2014 & Earlier

Top Headlines 4/30

JUVENILE JUSTICE Thoai Lu, writing for the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, addresses mental health care and the juvenile justice...

The Common Sense Approach to Juvenile Justice

The restorative justice program here in Athens, Ga., after almost two years of relationship and capacity building, is finally getting off the...

News

Sidebar: The Effects of Sequestration on Juvenile Justice in Colorado

Many state juvenile justice and delinquency prevention programs have yet to see cuts due to sequestration, but the impacts may be felt...

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JUVENILE JUSTICE Georgia’s governor signed a law creating Georgia Criminal Justice Reform Commission, made up of 15 members representing law enforcemnt, legislators,...

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JUVENILE JUSTICE The national Big Brothers Big Sisters organization is reaching out to kids already in legal trouble. And the Cedar Rapids-East...

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Juvenile JusticeNebraska lawmakers gave a first-round thumbs-up to changing how the state deals with youngsters who run afoul of the law. Cook...

Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

Top Headlines 4/23

JUVENILE JUSTICE Las Vegas, NV — Juvenile facility gets a rock wall and a zip line course as a way “to teach...

A Tale of two States

Two recent stories on the JJIE show the contrasting approaches that states have taken to address last year’s Miller vs. Alabama decision by the...

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Top Headlines 4/19

JUVENILE JUSTICE Florida activists known as The Dream Defenders are pushing for tougher protections for detained youth. They also called for protections of...

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