The State of Juvenile Justice in Wisconsin: What do We Really Know?” released today examines recent trends in juvenile arrests and incarceration in the state, as well as the success of recent community-based alternatives to secure confinement of youth offenders and includes these highlights:• The number of juvenile arrests in Wisconsin...
Just read a very interesting and provocative letter from Leonard Witt of the Center for Sustainable Journalism to the CEO of Disney related to the inconsistency between the Disney vision and the latest season of Beyond Scared Straight showing on the A&E Network, owned in large part (one-third) by Disney. In his letter, Mr. Witt points...
The Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act was signed into law on July 27th, 2006 by President George W. Bush with the intention of keeping tabs on sexual offenders. The Adam Walsh Act organizes offenders into 3 tiers. Tier 3, the most serious tier, mandates that offenders update their whereabouts every 3 months, with lifetime...
The National Juvenile Justice Network has just released a policy platform on Safe and Effective School Disciplinary Policies and Practices. Sparked by concerns about school safety, in the 1990’s and into the last decade, schools implemented a variety of “get tough” policies and practices that led to a steady rise in the number of...
WCCF has just posted a 2010 Report on the use of Juvenile Detention that indicates a slowing but continued decline in the number of youth held in temporary juvenile detention centers – from as many as 14,000 admitted in 2007 to approximately 9,600 youth admitted in 2010. Highlights of interest include:• Consistent with earlier years,...
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