All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• Baynes Withdraws from OJJDP Consideration

  Karen Baynes has withdrawn her name from consideration for the top job at the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP)....

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  Weekly Notes: PROMISE Act on the move; Juvenile sex offender stats; Funds for reentry work; and more

  ***The Youth Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and Education (Youth PROMISE) Act was passed out of the House Judiciary Committee...

• D.C. Juvenile Justice Director Schiraldi to Lead NYC Probation

  In early 2009, many in the JJ world thought there would be talk of Vincent Schiraldi taking a new job around this...

• National Standard Coming for Juvenile Recidivism Rates?

  What is a juvenile recidivism rate? In Maine, it’s a measure of how many juveniles are adjudicated again in juvenile court or...

• Weekly Notes: Tell OJJDP what you want out of TA; thoughts on LWOP cases, OJJDP@35 panel; Larry Steinberg, million-dollar man; and more

  ***To anyone in the field who ever complained about the sort of training and technical assistance that’s provided by the Office of...

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  OJJDP Administrators Gather for First Time

  Earmarks, independence and interagency politics were among the subjects discussed this week at an unprecedented gathering of former federal leaders on juvenile...

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  Supreme Court Mulls Juvenile Life Without Parole

  Whether “death is different” than life without parole for juveniles was at the center of arguments today as the U.S. Supreme Court...

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  Weekly Notes: Guide to Good Reads on LWOP; OJJDP@35 Event; Robinson Confirmed; and more

  As we have mentioned before, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear two cases next week that could very well limit the universe...

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  Lifelines: Linking to Federal Benefits for People Exiting Corrections

  Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law The Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has released a three-volume report emphasizing  the importance of...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  What Girls Need

    Compelling testimony at a hearing last month about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by House Judiciary Committee...

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  Decoding Data to Help Youth Workers

    In juvenile justice and child welfare, it is usually the extremes – sweeping reforms and devastating scandals – that garner attention....

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  Running OJJDP: What Does it Take?

  “I was very familiar with controversy. I thought that would be an advantage. It wasn’t.” John Rector, former OJJDP administrator “I was...

• Weekly Notes: Big Decision in Luzerne, LWOP cases before Supreme Court, PROMISE Act Moves to Committee

  ***HUGE Luzerne Update! The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided to vacate all adjudications of youths who faced disgraced Luzerne County juvenile judge...

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  Three Jurisdictions Get Funds for Reclaiming Futures

    Three jurisdictions are being awarded nearly $3.7 million in federal funding so they can establish the Reclaiming Futures program.  Reclaiming Futures...

• Karen Baynes: Presumptive Favorite for OJJDP Administrator

  After scores of columns speculating on who might run the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention for President Barack Obama, the...

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  Conyers Slams OJJDP Boss at Girls JJ Hearing

  Compelling testimony at today’s hearing about girls in the juvenile justice system was nearly overshadowed by Judiciary Committee chairman Rep. John Conyers’...

• Weekly Notes: Congressional Hearing on Girls in JJ; Blogs of Note; and more

  A very quick, late Friday notes: We’re hard at work on a story for the November issue of Youth Today about a...

• Miller Committed to JJDPA Reauthorization in “This Congress”

  When it comes to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act reauthorization, the Senate has clearly carried the water. Senate Majority Leader...

• Top Headlines: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Weekly Notes: Administration Responds to Chicago Death; More Mentoring Grants; and more

  ***Various federal agencies released JJ-related grants this week, but one grant from the Department of Education made headlines: a $500,000 grant to...

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  Study Finds Dropouts More Likely to be Incarcerated or Unemployed

  A new report chronicling the whereabouts of past high school dropouts shows that all dropouts, and particularly African-Americans, are far more likely...