The alliance report heralds the progress made on the front of the system. Referrals to juvenile court are down 30 percent over...
***YouthBuild got back an evaluation of its youth offender grants late last month from Social Policy Research Associates (252 pages!). The main...
The main findings on outcomes showed that a third of active participants at the 34 grantees got a GED while enrolled in...
The Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will vote next week on whether to allow three psychotropic medications to be...
J. Robert Flores took over the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in 2002 with a mission to push...
James C. HowellSAGE Publications377 pages. $44.95 paperback. Updating the 2003 edition, juvenile justice expert James C. (“Buddy”) Howell proposes reforms for...
Justice Policy Institute (JPI) States facing budget shortfalls could save millions of dollars while improving public safety by investing in community-based...
***Last year, JJ Today reported that the turnaround of data at OJJDP had become molasses-slow, lessening the value of the information. Under...
There were not a whole lot of surprises or noteworthy changes in this report. Homicide/manslaughter arrests ticked up 3 percent, and robbery...
***The Campaign for Youth Justice and the National Council of La Raza have released a new policy brief on Latino youth and...
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The recession appears to be stopping juvenile facility building in its tracks, and even expediting the closure of existing buildings. Except in...
The front (intake and court proceedings) and side (alternatives to incarceration) of the JJ system need work when it comes to Latino...
The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era assistant attorney general for...
The recession appears to be stopping juvenile facility building in its tracks, and even expediting the closure of existing buildings. Except in...
The study calls for closure of the entire Division of Juvenile Facilities (DJF), proposing that its enormous budget could be better spent...
One week after the Justice Department cited a federal grant to The First Tee golf program as an example of ethically questionable...
***The biggest JJ news of the week was certainly the U.S. Supreme Court deciding to consider the constitutionality of life without parole...
President Barack Obama released a proposed 2010 budget Thursday that would eliminate several funding streams for youth programs, including $82 million in juvenile...