How to Overcome Staff, Stakeholder Resistance to Actuarial Tools in Juvenile Justice
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Over the last decade, jurisdictions across the country have increasingly implemented actuarial tools to aid decision making in the juvenile justice system.
OJJDP’s New Direction Is Juvenile Justice Policymaking By Erasure
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The Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) have instituted policymaking by erasure. These agencies are rolling back juvenile justice data collection, rescinding manuals on best practices and changing policy language.
Diversion Can Help Us Reduce Youth Violence By Aligning Caseloads With Risk Factors
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Juvenile probation professionals know better than most the multitude and complexity of issues our justice-involved youth are facing, and what puts these young men and women at risk for violence. Get IN Chicago, as a youth violence prevention funder working to support the most effective and promising interventions in Chicago, wanted to better understand the youth probation population to inform quality service provision.
Electronic Monitoring Hurts Kids and Their Communities
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The plague of mass incarceration in the United States has captured national attention, with substantial bipartisan support to resolve this crisis. Even as we recognize the problem, however, it is important to think critically about proposed alternatives. There is a growing consensus among developmental researchers and juvenile justice decision-makers that incarceration is particularly damaging to youth.
Number of Juveniles Held for Status, Technical Offenses Shown By State in Pew Graphic
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The highest proportion of juveniles since data collection began in 1997 are being held for status offenses or technical violations, according to the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
Using Tasers on Youth Inspires a Shocking Lack of Action
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In August, an 11-year-old African-American girl was tased by a Cincinnati police officer when he tried to apprehend her for shoplifting. The news was greeted, predictably, with dismay by officials there.
OJJDP’s Actions in Removing Data, Guidance About Girls Speaks Volumes
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The Trump administration removed the “Girls at Risk” page from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention website, the Sunlight Foundation reported on Oct. 4. It included information about the work of the OJJDP-funded National Girls Initiative (NGI), which has been led in cooperation with OJJDP by the organization I direct, National Crittenton.
Position Title: On Track 4 Success Social Worker
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United Way of Central Maryland (UWCM) has expanded its work in the area of education through the implementation of On Track 4 Success (OT4S), a collaborative approach among educators, administrators, and community partners, committed to using data effectively to keep students on the pathway to high school graduation.
We Must Encourage Self-belief, Self-determination for Youth to Experience Post-traumatic Growth
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The intriguing thing about human nature is that there is no one way to exist. Just recently, I was speaking with a colleague who struggled to understand why some people cannot handle a heavy workload or stressful situations. Because she can.
How SRO Programs Can Actually Divert Youth from Pipeline
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Like it or not, cops in schools are here to stay. The question is: How do we do it right? An important principle for doing it right is driven by this key question: How can we help make sure that law enforcement actually works to keep youth in school and out of justice involvement?