All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

• Guest Opinion Essay

  Youth Behave Well; Now What?

  I was very pleased to see John Kelly’s “Youth Crime Mystery” article in the March issue. We see too few critical and...

• News

  The Consequences Aren’t Minor: The Impact of Trying Youth as Adults and Strategies for Reform

  Justice Policy Institute Incarcerating youths as adults does not reduce crime and disproportionately affects youth of color, according to this study, released...

• Research

  Household Firearm Ownership and Rates of Suicide Across the 50 United States

  The Journal of Trauma, Vol. 62, Issue 4, April 2007 Abstract available at http://www.jtrauma.com/pt/re/jtrauma/abstract.00005373-200704000-00031.htm. For some people, the conclusion reached by this...

• News

  ‘A Swift Kick in the Pants’

  Youth at a TYC assessment unit. Photo: Michael Ainsworth/Dallas Morning News The most stunning aspect of the sex abuse scandal rocking the...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Denmark’s Famous Youth House

  The house – for 25 years a symbol of youth liberation or criminal anarchy,   depending on your point of view –...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  Boot Camp Death Costs $5 Million

  The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice has agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit by the family of a boy...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Concerned About Juvenile Sex Offenders, States Move to Tighten Their Regulations

  Education Week Several states are rethinking how they deal with juvenile sex offenders who are enrolled in schools. Recent cases in which...

• News

  2006 State Juvenile Justice Legislation

  The National Juvenile Defender Center This detailed report examines juvenile justice legislation by issue and by state, and allows users to compare...

• Research

  Attitudes of U.S. Voters Toward Youth Crime and the Justice System

  National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD)Available at www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pubs/zogby_feb07.pdf A little over a decade ago, nearly every state began responding to rising...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Game Over: Women in Prison

  NEWIST/CESA 7 30 minutes. $149. This documentary, taped by inmates at Taycheedah Correctional Institution in Wisconsin, is intended to show young girls...

• Funding: Archives 2014 & Earlier

  Are Justice Funds Up For Grabs?

  The reality of tight budgets in a time of war has rendered youth advocates fairly quiet on budget battles in recent years,...

• News Briefs: Archives 2011 & Earlier

  RWJF Expands Drug Abuse Project

  The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) last month announced an expansion of its Reclaiming Futures initiative, which helps teens in the juvenile...

• Youth Crime Mystery

  Anyone trying to figure out why youth crime has been declining nationwide in recent years could probably find no better place to...

• News

  The Dangers of Detention: The Impact of Incarcerating Youth in Detention and Other Secure Facilities

  Justice Policy Institute Pretrial detention of youth before they are found delinquent is commonly misapplied and can lead to future delinquent behavior,...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  Tribal Justice and Safety in Indian Country

  http://www.usdoj.gov/tribaljusticeandsafety This new U.S. Office of Justice Programs (OJP) site provides information about courts, corrections, law enforcement, crime statistics, crime prevention, and...

• Archives: 2014 & Earlier

  A Data Shortage Yields Unplanned Lessons

  When the researchers responsible for evaluating the federal Title V Community Prevention Grants Program realized that virtually none of the program’s grantees...

• News

  Youth Crime Ripple

  Surge. Spike. A gathering storm. All of the above have been used in media coverage to describe trends in the most recent...

• News

  Report Roundup for December 2006 – January 2007

  A compilation of the reports from this issue.

• News

  As Specialty Courts Spread, the Jury Stays Out

  Drug courts. Truancy courts. Girls’ courts. Mental health courts. Believing that traditional juvenile courts aren’t enough, juvenile justice reformers have created a...

• Research

  Research of Note for December 2006 – January 2007

  Child Welfare: Improving Social Service Program, Training and Technical Assistance Information Would Help Address Long-standing Service-Level and Workforce ChallengesU.S. Government Accountability Office...