Youth Suicide in Detention Centers
On January 1st of 2019, a teenage girl at a detention center in Oklahoma went in to the facility’s b...
Juvenile Justice Reform (4)
When Incarcerated Youth Lose Medicaid
Imagine that you get a call from your child’s school one afternoon. The principal tells you that you...
Youth Crime Rates Drop, But Progress is Still Needed
Over the last twenty years, the United States has seen a steady drop in crime rates, including in ju...
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, ...
How Can Juvenile Probation Help At-Risk Youth?
Juvenile probation is a form of sentencing that allows young offenders to remain in their communitie...
The Impact of Status Offenses
What is a Status Offense? Violating curfew, running away from home, or skipping school may not be go...
Poverty Impacts Children in a Multitude of Ways
It’s hard to imagine that in a country like America there are children who suffer from the stress of...
State Success Guide: MST in North Carolina
How MST Came to North Carolina In 2009, North Carolina’s juvenile justice system needed a new answer...
