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All posts tagged "probation"
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1.8KFrom the BureausQ&A: Long Island diversion court’s revamp seeks collaboration among trauma-focused child welfare and juvenile agencies and youths’ families
Launched in summer 2021 as an expansion of the incarceration-diversion program, Long Island, N.Y.'s ConcepTS also stands for “collaboration, oversight, nurturing, community,...
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4.0KGuest Opinion EssayA Case for Better Funding of California’s Community Alternatives to Juvenile Detention and Probation
Supporters of the juvenile justice status quo wrongly claim that community-based organizations are not yet strong enough to serve all youth who...
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1.2K► ReportsTransforming Juvenile Probation: Restructuring Probation Terms to Promote Success
Researchers from the Urban Institute discuss how to reform the probation system to be less harmful to youth prospects and seek greater...
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1.9KGuest Opinion EssayAnalysts Propose Racial Equity in Youth Probation
Structural racism drives harsher treatment of Black youth, who are more likely than white youth to be arrested, incarcerated, placed on probation...
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1.1K► ReportsRethinking the Role of the Juvenile Justice System: Improving Youth’s School Attendance and Educational Outcomes
This new brief from the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center discusses findings from an unprecedented research study on the impact...
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1.7KNewsJDAI Shifts Focus to Overhauling Probation, Increasing Diversion
When the Annie E. Casey Foundation launched the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) in the tough-on-crime era of the early 1990s, politicians...
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1.8K► ReportsTransforming Juvenile Probation – A Vision for Getting it Right
The Annie E. Casey Foundation produced this report presenting the case for reforming juvenile probation to be a more effective, fair and...
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2.2KGuest Opinion EssayRestorative Justice Helps Us Take Kids Where They Want to Go
Humans of Restorative Justice (HORJ) stories highlight the incredible individuals working to build and restore strong relationships in their communities. They are...
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1.5KNewsLos Angeles Supervisors to Vote on Comprehensive, Countywide Youth Diversion Program
Los Angeles County Supervisors are scheduled to vote today on a motion determining whether or not they will give the go-ahead to...
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2.4KFrom the BureausLA County Puts Thousands of Kids on ‘Voluntary’ Probation for Merely Struggling With School
Marbella Munoz was a foster child for most of her life. As is true for many foster children bounced through multiple placements,...
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1.4KFrom the BureausConfusion Over Certificate Program Denies Eligible Parolees the Right to Vote in NY
Diana Ortiz remembers breaking into a huge smile the minute she saw her name on the voting roster. It was Nov. 2,...
