Black Girls Are Being Pushed Out of the Classroom
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We have a pressing discipline problem that begins in classrooms and for far too many children ends in prison.
The Secret Behind Youth Justice Reform: Youth
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We sometimes skip class, talk back to teachers and experiment with marijuana. I was shocked to learn that in some areas of the United States teens are arrested and detained for these minor offenses.
Juvenile justice reform organizations fail to recognize the power of empathy between kids. There are a lot of us — 41 million — and we can make a difference.
‘Disturbing Schools’ Law and School Resource Officers Criminalize Teens
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The video of a school resource officer violently slamming an African-American teenage girl to the floor and then dragging her across the classroom when she refused to get out of her seat spread across social media on Monday, and was soon picked up by the national media.
Juvenile Defense Attorneys Badly Need Specialized Training, Higher Fees
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I sat in the back of the courtroom, waiting for my case to be called, and internally rolled my eyes over the attorney at the defense counsel table, a notoriously unprepared lawyer.
From My Victim’s Standpoint
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As I sit at the table to eat breakfast, I begin to feel a knot inside my stomach, anxiety, and I’m experiencing discomfort and a deep sense of sadness in my heart.
What Science, Common Sense Tell Us About Kids and the Law
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We prohibit young people from engaging in a whole host of things because we feel they lack the maturity to fully grasp the potential consequences of their actions. In spite of this, we support the idea that an adolescent who commits a violent act has somehow overcome the well-known cognitive and behavioral limitations of their age and should now, in the eyes of the court, be seen as an adult.
Youth Voices Are Central to Effort to Reauthorize JJDPA
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October is Youth Justice Awareness Month, and as consensus builds in the Senate and the House around the need for criminal justice reform, the effort to reauthorize the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) is gaining momentum.
U.S. Should Adhere to Global Standards in How We Treat Our Youth
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The U.S. has a shameful record in its treatment of justice-involved youth. While recent Supreme Court decisions are promising, this country has much work left to do in handling young people in contact with the justice system.
Should We Close All Youth Prisons and Is Now the Right Time?
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At the JDAI (Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative) conference in Phoenix last month, about 1,000 people from around the country heard Annie E. Casey Foundation President (and former juvenile corrections administrator) Patrick McCarthy repeat his recent call for America to close its youth prisons.
JDAI Starting to Sound Like a Systems Revolution
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At the conclusion of JDAI’s recent annual conference, I became convinced that not only are juvenile justice systems undergoing positive changes nationwide, so is JDAI.