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Round-Up of Juvenile Justice News - Friday, July 23, 2010

6.11.10 Linda L. White: Forgiving My Daughter's Killer (Washington Post)

 
6.9.10 Levin: Saving Money while Reducing Juvenile Crime (Grits for Breakfast blog)
 
 
 
 
6.2.10 Tickets for 10-Year-Olds (Texas Tribune)

5.30.10 Teacher's Stabbing a Wake-Up Call on Coordinating Mental Care (Dallas Morning News)

5.26.10 Pass Federal Juvenile Justice Reform Now (Voices for America's Children)
 
 

5.17.10 Supreme Court: No Life Sentence Without Parole for Juveniles Who Don't Kill (ABC News)

5.9.10 In Juvenile Justice, Less Often More (Houston Chronicle Op-Ed)

5.9.10 Troubles at School Lead San Antonio Juveniles to Court (San Antonio Express-News)

5.6.10 The Officer Will See You Now: Reversing the Trend Toward the Juvenile Justice System as Default Mental Health Provider for Texas Kids (Texans Care for Children)

5.4.10 Tell the Senate: Pass Juvenile Justice Reform Now (Campaign for Youth Justice)

4.29.10 Reforming Juvenile Justice Systems: Beyond Treatment (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation)

4.29.10 Texas Juvenile Justice Issues: Youth in the Adult System, Community Corrections, and the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Texans Care testimony)

4.8.12 Justice Department Announces Bulletin on the Causes and Correlates of Girls' Delinquency (National Criminal Justice Reference Service)

4.7.10 Leveling the Juvenile Justice Playing Field (State of the Children blog)

4.7.10 Should We Be Criminalizing Bullies? (Washington Post)

4.4.10 Convention on the Rights of the Child: Implications for Juvenile Justice Reform (National Juvenile Justice Network)

3.26.10 Statewide Abuse and Neglect Data from Juvie Detention (Grits for Breakfast blog)

3.22.10 Meeting the Challenges Faced by Girls in the Juvenile Justice System (U.S. House subcommittee hearing archive)

3.20.10 Getting More for Less in Juvenile Justice (Texas Public Policy Foundation)

3.15.10 More States Rethinking Life Sentences for Teens (The National Law Journal)

3.10.10 New Texas Youth Commission Ombudsman Named(Dallas Morning News)

3.8.10 If Parents Don't Speak English Well, Will their Kids Get Locked Up? (The Vera Institute of Justice and Annie E. Casey Foundation)

3.7.10 For Juveniles in Family Court, Judges Seek Safer Alternatives to Prison (New York Times)

3.5.10 "Pathways to Desistance” Longitudinal Study Supports Community-Based Alternatives for Young Offenders (National Juvenile Justice Network)

3.4.10 TYC Wants Pyote Facility Open Four More Months (Odessa American)

2.24.10 Are Poor Youth in Texas Getting a Fair Defense? (Texans Care blog)
2.24.10 Texas Orders Treatment, Not Just Release, for Mentally Ill Offenders (Dallas Morning News)

2.22.10 Texas Needs to Follow NY's Example and Not Charge Child Prostitutes (AlterNet)

2.18.10 Ways Texas Schools are Creating a Pipeline for the Prison System (State of the Children blog)
2.16.10 Could Labeling Accused Teens "Delinquent” Cause More Crime? (The Crime Report)
2.11.10 Sen. Van de Putte: Invest in At-Risk Youth and Save Money, Lives (San Antonio Express-News)
2.10.10 Youth Crime Declines as Texas Juvenile Prisons Empty: What Explains It? (Grits for Breakfast blog)
2.9.10 Throwaway Children: Juvenile Justice in Collapse (The Crime Report)

2.2.10 Youth Prison System Under Pressure (USA Today)

2.1.10 New Publication - Test, Punish, and Push Out: How Zero Tolerance and High-Stakes Testing Funnel Youth into the School-to-Prison Pipeline (Advancement Project)
1.28.10 Kids in Crisis (Behind Bars) (New York Times column)

1.28.10 Juvenile Corrections System Acts as Mental Health Provider of Last Resort (Texans Care for Children)

1.27.10 Study: ‘Common Sense' Needed at Juvenile Hall (Houston Chronicle)

1.22.10 National Student Group will Focus on Youth Prison Reduction (PROMISE) Act at Texas Conference in February (Student Peace Alliance)

1.21.10 Approaching Juvenile Justice with a Focus on Positive Youth Development (National Juvenile Justice Network)

1.15.10 States Rethink "Adult Time for Adult Crime” (CNN)

1.12.10 Report: TYC Treatment for Violent and Sex Offenders is Successful; Not So for Substance Abuse Treatment (Grits for Breakfast)

1.10.10 Some Youth Need Access to Services Outside TYC (Tyler Morning Telegraph)
1.7.10 Report: High Rates of Sexual Abuse at Juvenile Centers (Associated Press)
1.6.10 TYC Policy Needs Urgent Revision (San Antonio Express-News Editorial)
 
12.22.09 Youth Violence, Juvenile Justice Bills Clear Hurdles in Congress (National Juvenile Justice Network)
 
 
12.14.09 Sensible Fixes to Youth Crime and Delinquency (Washington Post editorial)
 
 
 
 
11.10.09 Back on Track: Supporting Youth Reentry from Out-of-Home Placement to the Community (Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Coalition)
 
 

 

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