All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• News

  Supreme Court Gives Juveniles Protection in Police Interrogations

  The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today in a 5-4 decision that said a police officer must take a child’s age into consideration...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Wait continues for OJJDP nominee; new venture to help states assess programs; and more

  ***Day number 865 of the Obama administration with no nominee to serve as administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• Judges Must Know Where Juveniles Are Going

  Irene Sullivan, a former Florida juvenile judge and author of “Raised by the Courts,” shares her thoughts on the closure of the...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Alliance for Children and Families to Help Some Members Emphasize Strategy

  The Alliance for Children and Families, a major trade group, has received a four-year, $5,375,000 grant to help 19 of its 350...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Walsh Act update, new funds from OJJDP, and more

  ***Well, National Hamburger Day (May 28) came and went with no announcement on who might lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and...

• The Girls Haven’t Gone Bad, Mr. Epps: They Just Need Help

  As the Director of the Center for Girls and Young Women, I am deeply disturbed by the recent remarks of Charles T....

• Weekly Notes: New structure for OJJDP advisory committee; a dark juvenile justice chapter ends in Florida; and more

  Hope everyone has a lovely Memorial Day weekend. JJ Today got a press release yesterday informing us that Saturday is also National...

• ► Reports

  Six of 10 Texas High School Seniors Have Been Suspended, Expelled or Arrested

  More Texas students have been suspended or expelled than have not, according to a forthcoming study of state trends on school discipline....

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Anti-Bullying Programs Pushed Aside by Federal Budget Woes

  Note: This story originally appeared on the website of the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange On March 10, President Obama turned up the...

• ► Reports

  Report: In D.C., Summer is Never the Peak of Juvenile Arrests

  A report released today by the group D.C. Lawyers for Youth challenges the widely held belief  that notable spikes in juvenile offenses...

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Labor Department Stripped $10 Million from YouthBuild USA, Corps Network

  A pair of $10 million grants to two national youth-serving organizations designed to help dropouts and young adult offenders gain marketable skills...

• Weekly Notes: David Richart remembered, State Advisory Groups head to D.C., new juvenile justice fellowships, and more

  ***Yesterday, YouthToday.org published a piece from Spalding University (Ky.) social work professor Helen Deines about the life and career of her friend,...

• Eight Things I Loved About David Richart

  Helen Deines is Professor of Social Work Emeritus at Spalding University in Louisville. She was also a close friend of Kentucky youth...

• News

  Letter from 19 Congressmen Urges Obama to Name a leader at OJJDP

  A group of 19 congressmen is pressing the Obama White House to fill the long-vacant post of administrator of the Office of...

• When We Ban Kids from School, the Damage Goes far Beyond Academics

  It’s so depressing: Last week brought yet another outrageous tale of zero tolerance gone wild – this time from Maryland, where a...

• News

  Q&A: Bryan Samuels, Obama’s Top Child Welfare Appointee

  Bryan Samuels, who has served for more than a year now as President Barack Obama’s Commissioner for the Administration on Children, Youth...

• Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Interesting research on private justice funding; Iraq’s juvenile justice system; upcoming events; and more

  ***Notes is back after a one-week hiatus brought on by, of all things, a website hacker. When we opened up the Youth...

• The Straight Dope on Fake Dope

  [This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] In Jordan Cox’s view, it was a waste of money....

• Invest in Educating Juveniles Now, or Pay For It Later

  I have spent much of my career in search of effective evidence-based correctional practices for delinquent youth. Quite bluntly, this search was...

• Weekly Notes: Will Texas merger lead to community program investment?; Upcoming meetings; and more

  ***The Texas Public Policy Foundation expressed support this week for the merger of the Texas Youth Commission and the Texas Juvenile Probation...