***The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in J.D.B. v North Carolina on Wednesday, a case that might change the rules for...
Center for Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University This study reveals that since 2000, the employment rate of teens (16 to 19)...
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether police officers should consider age as a factor in determining whether a person...
Tomorrow, the United States Supreme Court will consider a case tomorrow which questions how criminal procedural rights, the Miranda Warning, apply in...
Criminal drug courts, a 22-year-old strategy to keep low-level drug offenders out of the justice system, are not as effective as they...
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in J.D.B. v North Carolina this morning, a case in which a 13-year-old was...
[This article was reprinted with permission from the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange] Georgia is set to become the go-to state for delinquent...
***Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) has released a really good report on trends away from involving juveniles in criminal court or adult...
The White House may consider modifying its controversial proposal to overhaul federal juvenile justice funding, a national advocate whose organization opposes the...
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, a national provider of training to and research on youth-related courts, has hired...
***Two announcements of note from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention: First, registration is open for the free national conference...
Newly elected Gov. Jerry Brown (D) will work with the California legislature this year to implement reforms of state operations aimed at...
Attorney General Eric Holder discussed juvenile justice at a conference of the National Association of Counties yesterday, telling the audience that improving...
***Democrats and Republicans struck a deal to keep the federal government open for another two weeks, delaying the most short-term of the...
Two national juvenile justice organizations expressed strong opposition over the weekend to President Obama’s proposal to overhaul federal funding for juvenile justice....
Quick one today, since we have covered the big development on federal juvenile justice – Obama’s plan to overhaul funds connected to...
The Justice Department’s first public statement on the juvenile justice plan proposed in President Barack Obama’s 2012 budget suggests that states with...
Nearly half of the states who have not met federal requirements for their sex offender registries have a problem with the mandate...
The Department of Justice continues to avoid publicly commenting on President Barack Obama’s plan to overhaul the manner in which federal funding...
***The President released his 2012 budget on Monday, and it included a proposal to drastically change the structure of federal juvenile justice...