juvenile-justice

These programs equip students with essential skills, reducing their chances of entering the juvenile-justice system.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011

Defense lawyers and juvenile-justice advocates, who plan to test the reach of the Supreme Court ruling in cases across the country, concede that it will be difficult to persuade judges to significantly reduce life sentences in non-homicide cases, let alone to offer sentencing relief in murder cases.

Judges Forced to Revisit Juveniles' Life Sentences Nathan Koppel 2010

These programs equip students with essential skills, reducing their chances of entering the juvenile-justice system.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011

Even worse, these policies deny students access to desperately needed services, while dramatically increasing the likelihood of future involvement with the juvenile-justice system -- especially for students of color.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011

In New York and California, new governors are pledging to shut most youth prisons, investing instead in more effective alternatives that will reduce school-based arrests and referrals into the juvenile-justice system.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011

In New York and California, new governors are pledging to shut most youth prisons, investing instead in more effective alternatives that will reduce school-based arrests and referrals into the juvenile-justice system.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011

Last year, Tony Simmons, a juvenile-justice counselor, nearly walked free in the sexual assaults of three girls after an assistant district attorney assigned to the unit made the mistake of failing to object in court to a deal that would have included probation but not jail time.

Sex-Crimes Unit's Lapses Trip Up Cases Chad Bray 2011

Last year, Tony Simmons, a juvenile-justice counselor, nearly walked free in the sexual assaults of three girls after an assistant district attorney assigned to the unit made the mistake of failing to object in court to a deal that would have included probation but not jail time.

Sex-Crimes Unit's Lapses Trip Up Cases Chad Bray 2011

The estimated cost to society of children and adolescents with ADHD totals about $42.5 billion a year, according to a 2005 study led by the State University of New York that factored in health care, education, parental work loss and juvenile-justice costs.

Attention Disorder on the Rise Shalini Ramachandran 2011

Even worse, these policies deny students access to desperately needed services, while dramatically increasing the likelihood of future involvement with the juvenile-justice system -- especially for students of color.

Gara LaMarche: The Time Is Right to End "Zero Tolerance" in Schools Gara LaMarche 2011