OP-ED: U.S. Policies Are at the Heart of Why ‘Unaccompanied Minors’ Are Crossing the Border
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These children, despite the rhetoric, are not criminals. They are refugees.
OP-ED: Global ‘Restorative Processes’ Emphasize That Justice Occurs Everywhere
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I don’t like the phrase “restorative justice,” even though I use it often. Why? Too many people associate it only with the police, courts, probation officers and other facets of the criminal justice system.
OP-ED: More Efforts Focus on Treatment Instead of Sanctions for Youth with Mental Disorders
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The importance of a collaboration between the federal government, states and a private grant maker to impact mental health treatment.
OP-ED: Institutional Abuse Holds Back Positive Change in Children
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“The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children.”
OP-ED: Healing Conflict with Baby Teaching and Social-Emotional Learning
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It’s pretty simple really. When someone is doing something we don’t like we often develop a view of them as an enemy, or at least someone to be looked upon with contempt.
OP-ED: To Heal Racism, We Must Open the Wound
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“Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness. ...Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
OP-ED: Nell Bernstein and the Abolition of Juvenile Prisons
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“The statistic is horrific. One in three children will be arrested by the time they are 23 and many of them will spend time in detention centers, actually prisons, who do little to rehabilitate. In fact, each year some two million children are arrested in this country.”
Most States ‘Intend’ to Comply with Prison Rape Elimination Act, DOJ Says
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Some 85 percent of U.S. states and territories told the federal Department of Justice that “they intend to take steps to reduce sexual assaults in prisons.”
OP-ED: Why We Must All Pitch in to Help the Young Victims of Maltreatment and Neglect
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I thought about Billy the other day. Of all the horrible childhood stories I have heard his stands out the most in my memory.
OP-ED: Do Poor Reading Skills Increase Risk of Juvenile Justice System Involvement?
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It’s time to stop blaming the kids and start implementing programs that address these complex issues.