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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...

News

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...

Opinion

Three Candidates for OJJDP

[Note: This piece also appears in the Obama Job Watch in Youth Today‘s Latest News section] The scuttlebutt points to two widely-known...

Bob Shepherd’s Archive Shows a Different Era of Federal Leadership

When you write, testify and speak as much as Bob Shepherd did, you tend to collect a lot of stuff; papers, reports,...

News

Kevin Ryan Named First Lay President of Covenant House

Kevin Ryan has been named the first lay president of Covenant House (CH), the largest homeless youth services organization in North and...

Weekly Notes-Jan. 16

JJ Today will be back Wednesday after the inaugural madness in Washington. ***As mentioned in our breaking news section yesterday, Jeff Slowikowski...