Correction Because of an editing error, a sidebar story to November’s “Tale of Two Reforms,” titled “Discontent on DMC,” referred to a...
The Shared Vision Partnership provides no money but helps states figure out how to maximize resources going toward youth populations. For example,...
While hopes are high in Washington that the federal government will soon make inspired investments in juvenile justice, the state dollars that...
Young black males are being murdered, and being arrested for murder, at a far higher rate than they were in 2002, according...
Youth work lost two major benefactors to the apparent Ponzi scheme created by now infamous financial manager Bernard Madoff. New York-based grant...
The San Francisco-based Burns Institute (BI) has released the first installment of “Adoration of the Question,” the first in a series of...
New York-based grant maker JEHT abruptly closed its doors today because its primary donor’s money was lost by the now infamous financial...
***Last week, the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice met for its final quarterly meeting of 2008. It was the last convening of...
Last time JJ Today checked with Tippecanoe County, in October, the economy had recently hit the skids. Proponents of a new juvenile...
If reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 is the gold medal for juvenile justice advocates, passage of...
JJ Today reported over the summer about some serious implications of states coming into compliance with the Adam Walsh Act, which was...
There are well-known criteria that often go into the decision to keep a juvenile in a detention center or commitment facility. Two...
Despite a rise in female juvenile arrests, violence among female youth has not increased.
We received several letters about a package on juvenile justice reform that appeared in our print edition (“A Tale of Two Reforms,”...
***The National Council in Crime and Delinquency (NCCD) released this report, which analyzes the federal gang bills introduced by Sen. Dianne Feinstein...
The National Center on Crime and Delinquency has begun work on a major new project: The National Center for Girls and Young...
The first piece of President-elect Barack Obama’s Department of Justice is presumably in place. Media reports say Obama plans to nominate Eric...
Gotta love it when a federal agency announces grant availability with a deadline that is only a month later. The Department of...
JJ Today will start using Friday to update readers on media coverage and other interesting juvenile justice news from the week. Here...
It’s been a long two years for the Texas Youth Commission. Pick a bad thing that happens in JJ and it has...