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Category: Juvenile Justice

Our coverage investigates current juvenile justice policies — many of them controversial — and closely examines the burgeoning debate over proposed new approaches to handling young people at risk.

Posted inEducation

Virginia tops nation in sending students to cops, courts: Where does your state rank?

by Susan Ferriss April 10, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

‘Dual-status’ kids endure another kind of double jeopardy

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Gary Gately and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange January 18, 2015March 29, 2019
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Georgia earning a name for justice in a new way

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Virginia Lynne Anderson and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange January 18, 2015March 31, 2019
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Juvenile justice findings you may have missed

by The Center for Public Integrity December 30, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Tennessee GOP leader drafts bill to ensure accused truants get attorneys

by Susan Ferriss December 19, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Juvenile facilities strive to foster ‘family engagement’

Avatar photoAvatar photo by Gary Gately and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange November 10, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

California takes on harsh discipline and academic inequities for black, Latino students

by Susan Ferriss October 29, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Suit against Kern County schools alleges disproportionate discipline for minorities

by Susan Ferriss October 14, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation

Children’s rights groups urge Defense program to stop giving school cops military hardware

by Susan Ferriss September 16, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

L.A. schools program aims to keep kids out of courts

by Susan Ferriss August 19, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

L.A. judge objects to school police getting millions reserved for struggling students

by Susan Ferriss June 9, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

States urged to embrace alternatives to school discipline criminalizing kids

by Susan Ferriss June 3, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

State Senate leader reacts to Center report, urging counsel for truants

by Susan Ferriss June 2, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Lawsuit: Low-income students assigned too much ‘work experience’ or free time instead of classes they need

by Susan Ferriss May 30, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Tennessee Supreme Court declines to review case featured in Center report

by Susan Ferriss May 19, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inCriminalizing kids, Education, Juvenile Justice

Juvenile injustice: truants face courts, jailing without legal counsel to aid them

by Susan Ferriss May 9, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Abuse in court? Deputy strikes boy in court, boy charged with assault

by Susan Ferriss May 6, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

New report ranks best, worst states for kids of all ethnicities

by Susan Ferriss April 1, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

North Carolina foster teen languishes in adult jail for school incident

by Susan Ferriss March 26, 2014February 8, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Holder, Duncan stunned by discipline figures

by Susan Ferriss March 21, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

California report: Don’t spend new education money on campus police

by Susan Ferriss March 20, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Harsh school discipline gets more scrutiny in Congress

by Susan Ferriss March 14, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Obama announces foundation-funded project to help black, Latino youth

by Susan Ferriss February 27, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

Closing a troubled symbol of Texas juvenile justice

Avatar photo by Maurice Chammah February 12, 2014March 31, 2019
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

New California data show drop in overall school suspensions, expulsions

by Susan Ferriss January 31, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

San Francisco takes lead in defining role of school police, sets limits on interrogations, arrests

by Susan Ferriss January 27, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inCriminalizing kids, Education, Juvenile Justice

North Carolina complaint alleges excessive force by police in schools

by Susan Ferriss January 24, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEducation

New federal guidelines aimed at stopping explosion in harsh school discipline

by Susan Ferriss January 8, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation

Data shows San Francisco’s black students suspended at extremely high rates

by Susan Ferriss December 11, 2013January 28, 2022
Posted inEducation, Juvenile Justice

A modern understanding of a long ago confession and a boy’s execution

Avatar photo by Corey Hutchins December 11, 2013March 31, 2019

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