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Youth with Learning Disabilities & the Juvenile Justice System

The phrase “school to prison pipeline” is commonly used to describe the process by which students are channeled from the education system to the criminal ...

DO POSITIVE PERCEPTIONS OF CORRECTIONAL STAFF ... - NCBI

Further, as compared to adults, adolescents are significantly more likely to engage in institutional misconduct. Among newly admitted youthful offenders, prior ...

Healthy adolescent development and the juvenile justice system ...

Developmentally appropriate responses to juvenile crime prioritize community-based corrections and engage youth's social context in the ...

TRAINING WORKSHOPS – NICJR

NICJR's PYD or Positive Youth Justice training focuses on effective practices that specifically support justice-involved youth to develop appropriately and ...

After School: The Prime Time for Juvenile Crime

These programs create mentorship, civic, athletic, recreational, enrichment, and educational opportunities and resources for youth in their ...

The Dangers of Detention: - Justice Policy Institute

Many young people in fact engage in “delinquent” behavior, but despite high incarceration rates, not all youth are detained for delinquency. Dr. Delbert Elliott ...

Youth Confinement: The Whole Pie 2019 | Prison Policy Initiative

On any given day, over 48,000 youth in the United States are confined in facilities away from home as a result of juvenile justice or ...

RISE For Youth

RISE for Youth is a nonpartisan organization committed to dismantling the youth prison model and ensuring every space that impacts a young person's life ...

At-Risk Youth | Overview, Factors & Statistics - Lesson - Study.com

Some of the primary factors placing young people at risk include poverty, juvenile delinquency, dropping out of school, teen pregnancy, abuse or trauma, and ...

Arts Education in Juvenile Justice Systems

Education in juvenile justice facilities often falls short of providing quality educational opportunities for youth to engage and flourish academically, and ...

Building Higher Education Pathways

juvenile corrections: A national survey. ... the community to engage with youth who are involved in or at risk of incarceration.

Mental Illness and Juvenile Offenders - PMC

According to the National Mental Health Association (2004), outcome research regarding MTFC programs has demonstrated that youth spent 60 percent fewer days ...

Youth and Youth-At-Risk Programs - MRSC

Below are examples of jurisdictions that have established special services within their law enforcement systems to help deter youth criminal activity, engage ...

Youth PROMISE Act | Congressman Bobby Scott - House.gov

Under the Youth PROMISE (Prison Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, and Education) Act, communities facing the greatest youth ...

Supervision and Treatment Services for Juveniles Program | STSJP

Programs that serve youth with no juvenile justice involvement but who exhibit behaviors that place them at risk for juvenile justice contact. These programs ...

Equipping Staff with the Tools to Serve Higher Risk Youth Effectively ...

Equipping Staff with the Tools to Serve Higher Risk Youth Effectively in the Juvenile Justice System. 65 views · Streamed 11 months ago

The Juvenile Justice System - The National Academies Press

Whereas the traditional juvenile justice model focuses attention on offender rehabilitation and the current get-tough changes focus on offense punishment, the ...

Infusing Positive Youth Development in Juvenile Justice Reform

How Positive Youth Justice Draws on PYD · Recognize and enhance young people's assets and strengths; · Engage young people in program design and ...

Children in Adult Prison | Equal Justice Initiative

Some children were sentenced for crimes where no one was killed or even injured, and many were convicted even though older teens or adults were primarily ...

LGBTQ YOUTH INCARCERATED IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE ...

Youth First is a national advocacy campaign to end the incarceration of youth by closing youth prisons ... and Youth Who Are Neglected, Delinquent, or At-Risk, ...