JJIEnews Archive
Those who equate juvenile justice reform with better institutions should consider the California lesson. For the past 13 years, the state’s youth correctional system operated under court monitoring due to its failure to provide rehabilitative services or a safe environment.
Despite growing national interest in increasing out-of-school-time opportunities for high school aged students, many programs for older youth struggle to attract and retain youth.
Working with today’s generation of youth involved in the criminal justice system does not provide instant gratification for direct service workers. Today’s generation do not get up to volunteer a seat for the elderly. Today’s generation will curse out their …
When personal politics are more important than the truth, immoral judgments will prevail. When immoral judgments prevail, people are harmed. But when these people are children, the immoral becomes unconscionable. Legislators who have abandoned their independent judgment pass laws that …
Girls’ involvement in the juvenile justice system is growing disproportionately at a time when arrest rates for boys are declining. And yet, girls’ behavior has not changed; rather, our response to their behavior has changed. This is especially true for …
Lawful but awful. This is the phrase that is now commonly used to describe the deadly shootings committed by the police against people of color.
WASHINGTON — Incarceration can be difficult for mature adults, but it can be irreversibly traumatic for adolescents.
President Obama recently proclaimed October 2016 as National Youth Justice Awareness Month.
Media coverage surrounding high-profile cases of campus sexual assault, officer-involved shootings, domestic violence and other incidents in recent months is sparking a national discussion around the experience of victims within our justice system and larger society.
James Steyer, CEO and founder of Common Sense Media, sent a letter Wednesday to CNN’s Anderson Cooper and ABC News’ Martha Raddatz imploring the moderators to place more emphasis on kids in their questions during the next presidential debate this …
