Dear Restorative Justice: Our Student Isn’t Responding
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What do you do when someone is obdurate and has no interest in taking responsibility or admitting any guilt at all?
Restructuring of OJJDP Raises Questions: Business As Usual Or Change in Policy Focus?
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Since President Donald Trump appointed her to head the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Administrator Caren Harp has begun reshaping the office with a goal in mind: deregulation.
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.
Trump Policies Hurting Young People of Color, Immigrants Most, Report Says
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America’s justice system is reverting to 1960s-style “law-and-order” policies that are exacting a heavy toll on communities of color, especially young people, according to a report released today by a national anti-poverty group.