One of the critical elements of a strong DMC initiative is ensuring that information about disparities is avaialable. The Haywood Burns Institute, the leading resource on reducing DMC, has just created and made available an interactive state-by-state map that displays critical DMC data - at this point the site relies on data reported by...

Based on information provided by the Coalition for Juvenile Justice “Yesterday, President Obama released his Budget Proposal for FY 2011, including proposed funding levels for programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) at the U.S. Department of...

WCCF is pleased that Representative Fred Kessler has taken the lead in drafting a bill to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction in Wisconsin back to age 18 - beginning with misdemeanor and less serious offenses as early as July 2010 and for all youth as of July 1, 2011. A press conference in Milwaukee today, Representative Kessler...

As we hope to gear up to raise the age of adult court jurisdiction to 18 in Wisconsin, this issue is attracting national attention as well. A recent item by CNN.com, titled States Rethink 'Adult Time for Adult Crime' highlights progress in Illinois and Connecticut as well as discussions going on in New York and North Carolina. Too often...

For those interested in "not so light" reading but in thinking about how various conceptual approaches to juvenile delinquency have developed over time - borrowing from classic crime control approaches to deterrence theories to more recent outcome-based approaches and even more recently youth development ideas - there is an interesting...