A final Weekly Notes for 2009! Thanks to everyone who read, e-mailed or contributed in JJ Today’s first full year of existence....
Congress passed an omnibus appropriations package for most domestic spending in 2010, and President Barack Obama is expected to soon affix his...
Two months ago, we noted in our informal guide to the OJJDP grants that the agency had awarded 19 fewer earmarks than...
Couple of quick-hit notes today ***The Senate Judiciary Committee did not mark up the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization at...
The Senate Judiciary Committee has the reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) on the schedule to get picked...
JJ onlookers were hoping that the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) would be in the news because the...
Karen Baynes has withdrawn her name from consideration for the top job at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)....
***The Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee...
In early 2009, many in the JJ world thought there would be talk of Vincent Schiraldi taking a new job around this...
What is a juvenile recidivism rate? In Maine, it’s a measure of how many juveniles are adjudicated again in juvenile court or...
***To anyone in the field who ever complained about the sort of training and technical assistance that’s provided by the Office of...
Earmarks, independence and interagency politics were among the subjects discussed this week at an unprecedented gathering of former federal leaders on juvenile...
Whether “death is different” than life without parole for juveniles was at the center of arguments today as the U.S. Supreme Court...
As we have mentioned before, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases next week that could very well limit the universe...
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing the importance of...
Compelling testimony at a hearing last month about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by House Judiciary Committee...
In juvenile justice and child welfare, it is usually the extremes – sweeping reforms and devastating scandals – that garner attention....
“I was very familiar with controversy. I thought that would be an advantage. It wasn’t.” John Rector, former OJJDP administrator “I was...
***HUGE Luzerne Update! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided to vacate all adjudications of youths who faced disgraced Luzerne County juvenile judge...
Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program. Reclaiming Futures...