All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Repairing the Damage of Conflicts with Community Conferences

There is that moment after a conflict, maybe it’s an argument or some harsh words, when we want to reconnect with the...

Families Unlocking Futures: Solutions to the Crisis in Juvenile Justice

In 2001, my 13-year-old son, Corey, was sent to what the New York Times called “the worst juvenile prison in the country.”...

An Inside Look at Reporting Abuse

Emergency vehicles appeared again this week at the door of a family we know. It’s such a common occurrence that the family...

California Legislature Can Do More to Help Kids

California has always been ahead of the curve. Fresh on the heels of the Supreme Court ruling in Miller v. Alabama, which prohibits mandatory...

OJJDP: Effects and Consequences of Underage Drinking

For Children and Families, It’s a Poorly Mixed World

The academic year has started at the law school where I teach third-year students advocacy skills and legal doctrine in the area of...

For Kids in Detention, the Power of Agape

I have an unshakeable faith in the human potential for growth. Over and over I have seen men change: through religion, education,...

This Budget Season, Texas Must Turn to Counties for Juvenile Justice Effectiveness

Hot, muggy August is actually a breath of fresh air. It’s a fresh start for Texas kids heading back to school, and the...

Lawyers: Don’t Forget Your Story-Telling

CHICAGO — Whether it’s a tool in your toolkit or an arrow in your quiver, story-telling will win motions, cases and verdicts...

Juvenile Justice on Appeal: Making our System of Justice More Accountable

When a young person is sent to a detention facility away from his or her family, it is a drastic intervention and most would...

The Age of the Child

When I first began practicing in juvenile delinquency court in North Carolina eight years ago, I was shocked to discover that the maximum...

Following a New Roadmap to Juvenile Justice

These days are exciting ones for youth justice in the United States. Several factors have come together to influence the evolution of...

What About the Girls?

Juvenile crime has been declining for years and is now at historic lows. That’s the good news. The bad news is that girls are...

Research Shows Suspensions Don’t Work

For my family, high school has been a crazy mix of testosterone, education and a bunch of kids with low levels of...

Helping Parents Understand the Language of Juvenile Court

A parent’s failure to take part in their child’s treatment and supervision plan ishurtful — the child, for the most part, is...

Sentencing Youth as Adults Harms Us All

On August 15, 2012, when most teenagers were enjoying the last few weeks of summer vacation, 16-year-old Fernando Garibay-Benitez was shot in the head outside an apartment...

Restorative Circles and the Heart of Justice

My first “live” Restorative Circle happened a few days ago, in Rochester, New York. The circle started with seven people, and it...

VIDEO: Helping Kids from the US to Guatemala

The Georgia Juvenile Services Association (GJSA) recently wrapped its 2012 Training Summit in Savannah, Ga., an annual chance for juvenile court workers...

The Complex Picture of America’s New Immigrants

With President Barack Obama’s mid-June executive order that protected certainchildren of illegal immigrants from deportation, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that...

Delinquent by Reason of Poverty

With the publication of Michelle Alexander’s provocative book, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, our attention has...