Violent Beginnings: The Hot Dog Story
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Every story whether it be fiction, nonfiction, dramatic, happy or sad, all have the same structure, they all have a beginning, a middle and an end.
The same goes for people's lives.
Reactions of Incarcerated Youth to Trump’s Election
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I felt like the world was going to end. He disrespected my religion for one, so I don’t like him or what he believes in. But I got to work with him so it is what it is.
FFT Alternatives for Adolescent Offenders Should Be Institutionalized Within System
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New York City’s jails have received much attention for their conditions and for their culture of violence. But stories like Mike’s are rarely told.
Dear Mr. President,
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Dear Mr. President,
You having a chance to become the first African-American president of the United States has set a great example for many troubled, young African-American men like myself.
Moving Police Officers From Enforcers to Protectors
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“I hate the police” and other comments, profanity-filled, are shouted to Houston Police officers as they enter a classroom filled with teenagers.
Draw From Juvenile Justice System’s Strengths for Better Approaches for Young Adults
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The response to the behavior of a young adult shouldn’t happen in a police station, prison or jail, but should happen in neighborhoods, led by community-based, culturally competent organizations that seek to address their behavior in their home community.
We Have to Partner with Law Enforcement Around Trauma
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Is there a need for trauma-informed training for police officers? Let me share an example of a situation where the outcome could have been very different if the responding officer had been trauma-informed.
Effective Reentry Services: Valuing the People behind the Practices
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As practitioners and researchers, our emphases on evidence-based practices often focus our attentions on services and systems.
Book Review: Change of Heart
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Jeanne Bishop, a Cook County, Illinois, public defender, starts her story of reconciliation, “Change of Heart,” on a cold winter day, her shoes crunching on the gravel of the Pontiac Correctional Center visitors' parking lot.
We Believed We Were Untouchable
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In 1979, my family risked our lives to escape the war in Vietnam and I went and voluntarily placed myself into a war of a different kind; a war that consists of myself and gangs. My parents gave up all they had to seek freedom for our family and I went and lost what little freedom I had.