Shortages Affect a Juvenile's Right to Counsel
At a Georgia Walmart in the fall of 2013, 17-year-old W.M. did something not entirely unusual for so...
Trends in Juvenile Crime
In the early 1990s, rising national crime rates provoked a change in the general public’s opinion of...
Do We Know The Full Extent of Juvenile Recidivism?
Imagine spending thousands of dollars for justice-involved youth to be sent to juvenile facilities, ...
Difficulties Faced by Juvenile Offenders With Mental Illness
It was an innocuous summer day in 2009 when DeVonte Jones first exhibited signs of schizophrenia. Jo...
The Holistic Approach to Mental Health
Every day in the U.S., one in five children are struggling with significant mental health issues. Th...
Stopping the Occurrence of Youth Suicide
The Sellers had lived in Pell City, Alabama for as long as they could remember. They had been marrie...
How Can We Improve Mental Health Treatment In Schools?
In the middle of her third grade year, eight-year-old Katie learned that she was transferring to an ...
Childhood Trauma and Its Lasting Impact
Childhood trauma can cause youth to develop coping mechanisms and behavior that stops social-emotion...
Let's Stop the Violence in Youth Detention Centers
An article from Cleveland, Ohio gives harrowing stories about the violence in their youth detention ...
Pressures of Gang Affiliation on Youth
On the last day of March, 2017, Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood saw seven people murdered in just...
