Four states recently adjusted their sex offense statutes to allow more leeway for youth who get in legal trouble resulting from consensual...
After a two-year battle with paperwork and other administrative details, the National Association of Youth Courts has set up shop as a...
The case of the “Jena Six” in Louisiana has drawn public attention to the disproportionate treatment of racial groups in juvenile justice...
The Los Angeles Times By the time the relatives of youth incarcerated at the Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall in Sylmar, Calif.,...
California, home of one of the country’s most notorious juvenile justice systems, is about to test what happens when reformers get what...
Jessica Feierman Staff Attorney Juvenile Law Center (215) 625-0551 Age: 37 Salary: $57,500 About the Organization: The center works on behalf...
A community group in Ohio had a nightmare come true when a youth event that it organized in August to promote nonviolence...
The New York Times For juvenile justice officials, the line between a burgeoning pedophile and a kid with boundary problems is often...
When Shay Bilchik thinks about the potential of involving adjudicated youth in juvenile justice reform, he recalls the impact of foster children...
Justice Policy Institute www.justicepolicy.org/reports_jl/7-10-07_gangs/GangsFullReport2.pdf When it comes to reducing gang-related crime and preventing youth from taking part, social programs that offer jobs,...
National Center for Mental Health and Juvenile Justice In the juvenile justice system, the prevalence of youth exposed to trauma is believed...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has reached another agreement with a state to fix abuses at juvenile justice facilities. The settlement...
The Philadelphia Inquirer In an extensive investigation last year of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services (DHS), the Inquirer reported that several children...
Flores: The attorney general’s butler, and the national juvenile justice field’s maximum minimum leader. Thank you, Jack Abramoff and your congressional pals...
www.lingledirectory.org This directory profiles alternative, privately owned juvenile residential facilities for youth at risk of confinement in prisons, jails and detention centers....
Prevention Science (June, 2007) This study of more than 7,800 high school sophomores from seven states found that boys reported higher levels...
A three-judge appeals panel in Sacramento ruled last month that an 11-year-old candy thief, and all those like him, are too immature...
Several youths have died at wilderness and boot camps in recent years because of alleged abuse, but a Colorado program was shut...
A private California foundation has given its last grant to a collaboration of well-known nonprofits to smooth the re-entry of juvenile offenders...
The San Francisco Chronicle It’s well-documented: Young offenders in California’s juvenile justice system face frequent violence and receive little rehabilitation. Some advocates...