When it comes to combating delinquency, there’s no place like home. That’s what nine months investigating America’s juvenile crime problem for the...
Richmond, Ky.—In four short years, Kentucky has erased a blot of shame from the record of what was laughably described as the...
This report synthesizes five new studies of varying size and focus, all showing a strong correlation between quality educational child care and...
This report presents the findings from a survey of all adult and juvenile correctional facilities nationwide regarding substance abuse treatment service provided...
Melissa Johnson-Reid and Richard Barth Child Abuse and Neglect, April 2000, Vol. 24, no. 4, pgs. 505-520 Free from Dr. Jonson-Reid, 1...
A flurry of new reports charges that minority youth get unequal treatment in the criminal justice system – yet costly efforts over...
On the first anniversary of the April 20, 1999 school shootings at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., a flurry of reports,...
Leslie Acoca Journal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention October 1999, Vol. VI, No. 1 Free from Juvenile Justice...
Phoenix, Ariz.—Garrett is just 14, but he’s about to fail a test that could send him to jail. “I was around some...
Police in the county where the infamous Columbine High School shootings took place are now keeping a database on juveniles after every...
By David J. Krajicek Military-style boot camps for juvenile offenders have proven to be no more effective and no less costly than traditional...
More juvenile offenders were executed in Virginia and Texas last month than have ever been executed in a single month in the...
In one of the children and youth field’s most surprising and important leadership developments in a decade, Shay Bilchik, the presidentially appointed...
U.S. Justice Department, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Violent crimes against juveniles are less likely to be reported to...
By Jake Henshaw Sacramento—Californians are about to decide just how “tough” they want to get on juvenile offenders, through a ballot initiative...
The House and Senate juvenile justice legislation, passed with so much fanfare in late summer, didn’t make final cut during the first...
The author of a hard-hitting study concluding that juveniles in Maryland charged with adult crimes are subjected to “appalling” physical conditions, extreme...
Gainesville, Texas—It’s an hour until dawn, but the 36 youths who live in Dorm 56 of the Gainesville State School are already...
Locking up youths for up to three days in the new Elmore County jail in rural Alabama will curb juvenile crime and...