All posts tagged "Juvenile Justice"

Boot Camps Get a Kick in the Head

By David J. Krajicek Military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders have proven to be no more effective and no less costly than traditional...

Executioners Kick Off 2000 with Juvenile Offenders

More juvenile offenders were executed in Virginia and Texas last month than have ever been executed in a single month in the...

Shay’s Sashay

In one of the children and youth field’s most surprising and important leadership developments in a decade, Shay Bilchik, the presidentially appointed...

Reporting Crimes Against Juveniles

U.S. Justice Department, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Violent crimes against juveniles are less likely to be reported to...

Will Voters ‘Hammer’ Youthful Offenders?

By Jake Henshaw Sacramento—Californians are about to decide just how “tough” they want to get on juvenile offenders, through a ballot initiative...

Gun-loaded Juvenile Crime Bill a No-Show

The House and Senate juvenile justice legislation, passed with so much fanfare in late summer, didn’t make final cut during the first...

Maryland Pre-trial Youth Abused, Report Says

The author of a hard-hitting study concluding that juveniles in Maryland charged with adult crimes are subjected to “appalling” physical conditions, extreme...

Faith-Based Youth Work Wins More

Gainesville, Texas—It’s an hour until dawn, but the 36 youths who live in Dorm 56 of the Gainesville State School are already...

Alabama Sheriff Wants Kids in His Jail

Locking up youths for up to three days in the new Elmore County jail in rural Alabama will curb juvenile crime and...

More Teen Curfews Imposed; Some Cops Say a Waste of Time