Juvenile Justice Information Exchange (https://jjie.org/author/judge-steven-teske/page/2/)
A traveler approaching a village came upon an elderly man sitting at the base of a tree. The traveler asked, “Old man, can you tell me what kind of people live in this village?”
The old man replied with a question, “What kind of people have you encountered in your travels, sir?”
What is right will always overcome wrong, even when what is wrong is believed to be right.
There has been a revolution brewing among stakeholders of all juvenile justice walks for years, and I think it has arrived.
Does anyone want the rest of their life defined by what they did at 14?
I don’t think so, and neither does our Supreme Court.
Building a juvenile justice system that works is like a jigsaw puzzle, it takes time to put it together.
Juvenile justice in America is akin to a roller coaster ride — when it goes up, it always goes down, and with kids screaming.
I am not sure how many folks similarly situated in juvenile justice understand that how we treat kids in our schools is one of the most essential factors in reducing crime among juveniles, and later in reducing crime among the adult population.
The mention of race stirs emotions that are usually not expressed for fear of the response.
It doesn’t matter how great the teachers are or how much money we throw at education if we don’t configure our systems to be trauma-informed, to identify these wounded students for trauma-focused treatment.
What works to reduce crime is not a political conversation, it is a crime and justice conversation that is grounded in hard evidence that all persons of all political persuasions can agree on.