Youth Today
All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"
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News
Scott Merges PROMISE Act with Feinstein Gang Bill
Rep. Bobby Scott (D-Va.) has made a deal with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) to merge their very different crime prevention bills and...
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Weekly Notes: Walsh Act, NYC sues NY, and finally a nominee for…Bureau of Justice Assistance
***There is still no nominee to lead the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Everything we have heard points to Massachusetts...
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Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2010
The Bureau of Justice Statistics and the National Center for Educational Statistics collaborated on this report, which breaks down crime in and...
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R.I.P. Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice: 2004-2010
With little fanfare and virtually no public discussion preceding it, the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice last week held its final...
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Introducing Harriet Boorhem, Youth Today’s First Diarist
I first became aware of Harriet Boorhem about a year ago while we were researching a story on the state of homeless...
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News
States Begin Reacting to Ban on Juvenile Life Without Parole
“The court’s ruling does not prohibit stern sentences for juveniles who commit violent crimes, and I fully expect the offender in this...
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Weekly Notes: Looming SORNA deadline; Juvenile services secretary steps down
***States have until July to pass legislation that establishes a federally-compliant sex offender database; look for those conversations to start in earnest...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Doth the Earmark Trough Runneth Dry?
The practice of “earmarking” federal money, a Congressional device with debatable impact on the field of youth work, may soon face extinction....
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Weekly Notes: More on JDB v. North Carolina; Schindler finds a new home; and more
***We posted a long piece earlier this week about a juvenile justice case – New Mexico v. Rudy B. – that might...
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News
New Mexico Case Next Juvenile Venture for Supreme Court?
For juvenile justice advocates and service providers, there were some lofty expectations for the Obama administration and the 111th Congress. It is...
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Office of Justice Programs 2009 Annual Report
The Justice Department’s main funder of domestic justice programs released 8,.200 grants totaling more than $5.6 billion in fiscal 2009, according to...
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Weekly Notes: PROMISE Act under new leadership; SCOTUS to look at juveniles questioned in schools; and more
***We already posted a piece today on Rep. John Kline and reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The other...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
John Kline and Juvenile Justice
***The midterm elections brought a power shift to the House of Representatives, which means that a Republican-led Education and Labor Committee will...
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Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Top Headlines 11/3
Child Welfare Susan Hamilton, the head of Connecticut’s child welfare agency, has told staff that she will resign Jan. 4, when Gov....
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News
Justice Initiates New Study of Juveniles Transferred to Adult Courts
For the first time in more than a decade, the U.S. Department of Justice is attempting to gather data about the least-known...
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Research
Weekly Notes: OJJDP to host national JJ conference; briefing on the intersect between research and pending bills; and more
Happy Halloween to all! Hope everyone gets in the spirit. Yours truly will be haunting around town in this get-up. ***As everyone...
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Weekly Notes: Panel reviews sex victimization survey in JJ facilities, and more
Quick one today, as we are hard at work preparing the November/December issue of Youth Today. The upcoming issue includes a look...
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Another OJJDP Candidate: Jane Tewksbury
California judge and former prosecutor Kurt Kumli was the only name that had reached JJ Today from the recent round of interviews...
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Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier
Weekly Notes: Luzerne update, local budget woes, Family Justice Act, and more
***Members of Congress are home campaigning, so, of course, no news out of Washington on the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act....
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Gangs: From Early America to Now
History of Street Gangs in the United States National Gang Center Bulletin This report provides a historical summary of the many factors...
