The evidence is clear – frequent school suspensions place youth at greater risk of a host of “rotten outcomes”, not the least of which is involvement in the juvenile or criminal justice system. Noting that this is a nationwide problem, Senator Dick Durbin held a hearing last Wednesday of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the...
Pressure to direct government funding toward smart, effective initiatives may be why a new type of bond, social impact bonds, are becoming financing options for social programs. Early initiatives using social impact bonds – essentially borrowing funds to pay for savings later – have been used in other areas, but now may be making their...
Today is Human Rights Day, perhaps a good day to reflect on the fact that the United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. Fortunately, more and more conservatives are discovering what progressives (and by the way what juvenile justice advocates have known for along time), that investing in “get tough on crime”...
New research led by Joseph P. Ryan at the University of Michigan School of Social Work, funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through its Models for Change initiative, affirms (not surprisingly) that the likelihood of future delinquency involvement is higher for youth who were referred to the child protective...
Adolescent brain research provides valuable information which can help guide policy design and implementation. Recent developments in understanding the growth and development of the human brain give a new lens to view adolescent behavior through. The National Juvenile Justice Network (NJJN) has developed a guide for juvenile justice...
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