House Passes Time-Served Bill for Juvenile Offenders
Children who are locked up in detention centers while waiting for court dates may get credit for time served under a bill that has passed in the Georgia House. HB 1144 would require the state to treat...
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Boys of Color in Harm's Way
“Negative health outcomes for African-American and Latino boys and young men are a result of growing up in neighborhoods of concentrated disadvantage, places that are more likely to put boys and young...
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Mississippi Joins 38 Other States, Raises Juvenile Age to Eighteen
An amended law that took effect July 1 made Mississippi the latest state to rethink how youth under the age of 18 are handled in criminal court. The new measure prevents most 17-year-old misdemeanor...
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Juvenile Offenders in Limbo under Outdated State Laws
More than two years after U.S. Supreme Court decisions started throwing out mandatory death and life sentences for minors, judges in Washington, Illinois and dozens of other states still lack guidance...
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Success in Juvenile Justice Diversions May Influence Treatment of Adult...
In October, officials in one Florida community announced that its local police force would now have the ability to issue civil citations in lieu of formal arrests for certain crimes. The Leon County,...
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Juvenile Offenders that Work Long Hours and Skip School More Likely to Engage...
A new study published in the journal Child Development finds that adolescents that eschew school for employment are more likely to be associated with antisocial behaviors than peers that either work...
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