All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• Employment: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Staffers Sentenced in Boy’s Death

  Three former employees of a Louisiana youth residential treatment center received three years in prison for their role in the death of...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Did OJJDP Bury Suicide Report?

    The author of a recently published report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite the major findings in the study,...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  East Palo Alto Poised to Launch Youth Court

    Nizam Harris, 12, is sworn in as the defendant during a mock trial for the newly created youth court in East...

• Weekly Notes: Earmarks Abound; JJ System Deficit Spends in South Carolina; Texas Reform’s Unintended Consequence; and More

  ***JJ Today mentioned earlier this week that the 2009 appropriations for juvenile justice spending were out, and since then we’ve had a...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Amanda Gilman

  Project Assistant Amanda Gilman Mayor’s OfficeSan Bernardino, Calif.(909) 384-5133 http://www.ci.san-bernardino.ca.us (see link to Operation Phoenix) Age: 24 Salary: $0. Gilman’s job fulfills...

• OJJDP’s Explanation on Suicide Report

  Two weeks ago, we reported that Lindsay Hayes, the author of a study on suicide in juvenile facilities, felt OJJDP had buried...

• JJ Appropriations for 2009 Are Out

  The House Appropriations Committee posted the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations information today, both the bills and the explanatory statements. JJ Today is told...

• Weekly Notes: Arizona 8-year-old pleas; Crime Summit; JDAI’s Federal Agenda; Reentry in Cleveland

  Short notes for this relatively quiet week. But to start, we are now on Day 10 without any explanation or information on...

• Another Buried Study at OJJDP?

  Following the news of OJJDP’s buried suicide study, released last week after five years in the agency’s possession, JJ Today has learned...

• Weekly Notes: Money from NIJ; Cuts to State Courts; FACJJ Recommendations; and More

  ***A quick update on the suicide report, which author Lindsay Hayes told us was essentially buried by the Office of Juvenile Justice...

• The Texas Approach to Truancy: Curfews and Tickets

  In Dallas, law enforcement officials say the existing process for dealing with truants is not working. That process is simple: officers pick...

• Guest Opinion Essay

  OBAMA JOB WATCH: Department of Justice (Updated May 18)

  Office of Justice Programs The “Yes We Can” attitude at President Obama’s Justice Department must have resonated with Laurie Robinson. The Clinton-era...

• OJJDP Suicide Study Shows New Higher Numbers; One-Third of Deaths Unknown to Relevant State Agency

  A study of juveniles who committed suicide while in confinement – first contracted by the U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency...

• News

  Author Says OJJDP Buried Suicide Report

  The author of a recent U.S. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention report on suicides in juvenile facilities says that, despite...

• Weekly Notes: Conn. Age Change Might be Delayed; Developments on Pennsylvania JJ Scandal; Report on Status Offenders; and More

  ***Connecticut has become a darling, of sorts, for the juvenile justice community.  It has signed on to MacArthur Foundation’s Models for Change...

• Reentry Getting Increased Attention

  It’s not as though reentry is a new concept for the juvenile justice field. But reading the tea leaves, it appears to...

• News

  Can Technology Ease Pain of Budget Cuts?

    Indianapolis Judge Marilyn Moores spoke at a juvenile justice conference in Dallas in 2007 about how her jurisdiction solved a massive...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  New Anti-Violence Effort Starts with Street Outreach

    The Boston Foundation has announced a $5 million commitment to StreetSafe Boston – a public-private partnership designed to reduce violent crime...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  The Delinquent Girl

    Edited by Margaret A. ZahnTemple University Press352 pages. $54.50. Among all juveniles arrested for serious crimes in 2006, an unprecedented 29...

• Weekly Notes: Famous Advocate Canned in San Fran; First Names Predicting Lives of Crime?; New Leader at JPI; and More

  After weeks of speculation that it would happen, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom (D) fired nationally known youth advocate Margaret Brodkin this...