This article presents selected findings of a recent study on young black people and the juvenile justice system. The main aim was to discover how statutory and voluntary agencies have responded to recent concerns over the inequitable position of young black people within the system. The findings ...
1. In the article, The School-to-Prison Pipeline: Rhetoric or Reality, by Aaron Kupchik, he discusses youth introduction to the juvenile justice system. The article argues that schools do in fact shape a child’s interaction with the system and it has to do with the school’s discipline,...
In this article, written by Kristi Holsinger and Jessica P. Hodge, these two authors go into great detail on the ways the LGBT community is wrongly treated within the juvenile justice system and analyze an interview that examines the challenges for the staff and for the women, as well as ...
The juvenile justice system is made up of public and private agencies that have some responsibility for the care and supervision of children who have committed offenses that would be defined as criminal acts if these offenses were committed by an adult,
Article 3 The principle of the best interests of the child is the basic concern of the juvenile justice system and it receives primary consideration in all decisions in this field. Furthermore, the specific physical, psychological, developmental, and educational needs of the child justify the neces...
Juvenile Transfers to the Criminal Justice System: State of the ArtJuvenile Transfers to the Criminal Justice System: State of the Artdoi:10.1111/j.1467-9930.1996.tb00163.xThis article reviews the research literature on the main mechanisms for transferring juveniles to the criminal justice system: ...
This article examines the experiences of lesbian and bisexual girls in the juvenile justice system. Its purpose is to document how the juvenile justice system serves this population. The researcher interviewed six lesbian or bisexual youth and six staff participants who work with them and found that...
ARTICLE: Juvenile Justice: Rehabilitating the System after the Introduction of Mandatory Minimum SentencesHeidi Treiber
National survey data presented in this Article shows that fifteen percent of youths in the juvenile justice system are LGB, questioning their sexual orientation, transgender or express their gender in non-conforming ways. "We've had three of them": addressing the invisibility of lesbian, gay, bis...
Juvenile Justice Reform Research This week’s article focuses on the urgent need for juvenile justice reforms. Maryland lawmakers are questioning whether they should withhold $1 million from the juvenile justice system. These inquisitions over budget allocation resulted from the harsh treatments towards ...