Perhaps the fundamental challenge in juvenile justice research is understanding what steps or actions the system can take that will redirect youthful offenders from a pathway of offending to a pathway of "desistance" - stopping committing offenses. There are multiple complications in researching delinquency, not the least of which is...
A new report by the Immigration Policy Center finds that immigrants, Latinos, and Asians are an important and growing part of Wisconsin's economy, labor force, and tax base. “New American’s in the Badger State” highlights include:Wisconsin was home to 252,150 immigrants in 2007. 41.2% of immigrants in 2007 (or 103,291 people) in...
OJJDP has recently published a good summary of juvenile arrest rates, based on 2008 data - simply titled "Juvenile Arrests 2008", the data shows that although juvenile crime continues to be of concern, 2008 marks the second year of a decline in rates of arrest in some categories and continues a 15+ year decline overall. Remember that...
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee passed Senate Bill 678, the Reauthorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA). After being on the committee's schedule for a number of weeks but always not quite rising to the top due to other issues, efforts by Sen. Leahy, Sen. Kohl, and others has paid off. All Senate...
The federal estate tax, which has gradually been scaled back over the last 8 years, is scheduled to expire in just two weeks, and then to come back at a higher level in 2011!The reason for that strange scenario is that the estate tax changes pushed through by President Bush in 2001 slowly phased out the tax; however, to keep the total...
Today the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a study showing that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act passed in February is protecting millions of Americans, including about 86,000 Wisconsin residents, from falling into poverty. The study, “State-Level Data Show Recovery Act Protecting Millions from Poverty,”...
The Georgetown University Health Policy Institute’s Center for Children and Families (CCF) regularly publishes on its website Postcards from CCF, which highlight best practices in states across the country. A recent Postcard features an interview with WCCF’s Jon Peacock about Wisconsin’s recent expansion of BadgerCare Plus to cover...
WCCF has just released a comprehensive new publication, "Wisconsin’s Early Care and Education Landscape: Planning for a Coherent System." Drawing from statewide data, the 52-page paper provides an overview of Wisconsin’s progress in expanding and improving services for young children, strengths and weaknesses in our early care and...
OJJDP has published its latest bulletin in its Crimes Against Children bulletin series, titled “Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors”. The bulletin presents information about the characteristics of juvenile offenders who commit sex offenses against minors and analyzes data from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting...
Check out a short policy brief that captures some of the research that clearly links the impact of exposure to lead (lead paint, leaded gasoline, etc.) on brain development, mental health, and delinquency.
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