The US Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) funds research on girls in the juvenile justice system. They are specifically looking at patterns of delinquency for girls, how they differ from boys, and risk and protective factors associated with girls’ delinquency. A series of short briefs have been released ; the...
On Thursday, January 29, the US Senate voted 66 to 32 to extend and strengthen federal support for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). Similar legislation was approved by Congress twice in 2007 with bipartisan support, but was vetoed by President Bush.“Passage of the SCHIP bill will enable Wisconsin to come extremely...
The Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission unanimously endorsed returning 17-year-olds to the juvenile justice system. Following a presentation by WCCF, WCHSA and the Sheriff's Association, the Committee took up the issue formally for the first time in December. In their statement regarding age of jurisdiction, the Commission endorsed...
This whole "high tax state" tag that people have pasted on Wisconsin is no longer credible by most reasonable measures. Newly published Census Bureau data shows that while WI ranks 11th in taxes relative to income, most of our figures are very close to the national averages, and part of the problem is that we get less federal money than...
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