President Barack Obama released his spending plan for 2011 today. Advocates in the JJ world, and pretty much every other corner of...
Is it time for the United States to haul in its law-and-order approach to adolescent misbehavior? Time for principals to stop...
Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the United States report...
Click Image for PDF of Chart The fiscal 2010 budget contains several noteworthy items for juvenile justice: Second Chance Act: The act,...
David ChuraBeacon Press216 pages. $24.95 hardcover. When the media and some academics embraced the concept of juvenile “super-predators” in the mid-1990s,...
***There is officially a sign that the administration of Barack Obama has juvenile justice on its radar. And it came down unto...
Quick one today, we’re busy finishing up the February issue of Youth Today. Check that issue for the following, by the way:...
There are exceptions to every rule, of course, but there is a clear pattern affecting juvenile justice that is emerging in states...
The Bureau of Justice Assistance issued a solicitation today for nonprofits interested in seeking funds to mentor adult or juvenile offenders headed...
***We’ll start this week by offering condolences and prayers to people in the JJ field whose lives were horrifically altered by the...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has just released its first-ever nationwide survey of youth about sexual victimization in juvenile facilities, which...
A quick one, since we have already posted extensively today about the nauseating revelations about reported sex abuse in juvenile facilities. ***After...
Twelve percent – or about one in eight – of youths held in large juvenile facilities in the U.S. report being victimized...
The W. Haywood Burns Institute, led by Executive Director James Bell, endeavors to address and then reduce racial disparities in local juvenile...
The Office of Justice Programs has issued a competitive grant announcement for Second Chance Act funding. Three of the six eligible categories...
King: “I’ve done more harm than good.” San Francisco—A round-faced man whose attire suggested modest means stood in the sun-splashed lobby outside...
The administrators meet for the first time, minutes before the forum. Standing (left to right): Robert Sweet, Shay Bilchik and Verne Speirs;...
[See related article, OJJDP Leaders Talk Money, Politics and Advocacy; watch videos from the forum at http://www.youthtodayexchange.org] John Rector1977-1979Appointed by Jimmy Carter The...
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing the importance...
http://www.globalyouthjustice.org This is the home page for a group that pushes for the expansion of teen courts, which are juvenile justice programs...