All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• News

  New York-based Family Justice to Close in Fall

    Family Justice, a New York-based agency that was a pioneer in the method of helping the entire family of a child...

• A Novel Approach on Litigating DMC

  For 20 years, few juvenile justice systems have done little more than study the problem of disproportionate minority contact (DMC) in the...

• Litigating DMC Part Two: How It Came Together

  Our previous post covered a new strategy on how to compel juvenile justice systems to address DMC rather than just study it...

• Whither, Wyoming?

  More than 320 people turned out last week for the Wyoming Children’s Justice Conference, which was hosted by the Wyoming Supreme Court’s...

• Learn How Reclaiming Futures Works

  Anyone interested in learning about how the Reclaiming Futures model works should check into the July 9 webinar that will be hosted...

• How Often Do Judges Approve Transfers? In Big Cities, Little is Known

  Kudos to Lise Olsen and whoever else pitched in at the Houston Chronicle to produce last month’s article on the transfer of...

• Good Resource if You’re Huntin’ for Recovery Act Money

  YouthBuild has circulated guidance to its own network of sites entitled Memo on Accessing 2009 Recovery Act and Stimulus Funding Opportunities. Some...

• Weekly Notes: Web Training on Mental Health Screening/Assessment; Walsh Act Deadline Extended; and more

  *** If you don’t have plans from 3-4p.m. on June 30, the Council of State Governments Justice Center will be hosting a...

• Illinois Budget a Really Bad Harbinger for 2010

  For all of the political chicanery associated with Illinois, its services to youth involved with the child welfare system are regarded by...

• News

  FDA Advisory Committee OKs Marketing Use of Three Psych Meds for Youth

  An expert panel for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the marketing of three psychotropic medications for use by...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Weekly Notes: Conn. JJ System Improves as Age-Change Nears; Curfew Laws Beget Curfew Laws; Luzerne Judges Scandal Update; and more

  ***Connecticut a model of juvenile justice? It was pretty surprising to see that theme in the headlines of state newspapers last week....

• Catching Up with JDAI

  It had been awhile since we got up to speed on the general goings-on of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI), a...

• Juvenile and Family Court Judges Conference Set for July

  The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges is holding its annual conference in Chicago on July 12-15. The conference offers...

• News

  Rochester Curfew Struck Down by NY High Court

  New York’s highest court, by a 5-2 vote, has struck down a curfew ordinance in the city of Rochester ruling that it...

• ► Reports

  Turning It Around

  The alliance report heralds the progress made on the front of the system. Referrals to juvenile court are down 30 percent over...

• Weekly Notes: YouthBuild Evaluated; Maryland Re-Opens Bowling Brook; California LWOP law moves through Senate

  ***YouthBuild got back an evaluation of its youth offender grants late last month from Social Policy Research Associates (252 pages!). The main...

• ► Reports

  Evaluation of the YouthBuild Youth Offender Grants

  The main findings on outcomes showed that a third of active participants at the 34 grantees got a GED while enrolled in...

• News

  FDA Committee to Rule on Psych Meds for Youths

  The Food and Drug Administration’s Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee will vote next week on whether to allow three psychotropic medications to be...

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  Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  A Clash of Faith, Money and Politics

  J. Robert Flores took over the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) in 2002 with a mission to push...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Preventing and Reducing Juvenile Delinquency: A Comprehensive Framework, 2nd Edition

    James C. HowellSAGE Publications377 pages. $44.95 paperback. Updating the 2003 edition, juvenile justice expert James C. (“Buddy”) Howell proposes reforms for...