News tagged with juvenile justice system
Social workers should reclaim role in juvenile corrections system, researcher says
In the pioneering days of the juvenile corrections system, social workers often served as the primary probation officers who rehabilitated young offenders. As the field of corrections became dominated by law enforcement officers, ...
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Feb 17, 2012 |
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Troubled youths struggle after time in detention center
The kids who pass through juvenile detention facilities are among the most troubled youths in the community. How do they fare a few years after this significant brush with the legal system?
Feb 17, 2009 |
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California school suspensions an 'absolute crisis,' UCLA researchers say
(Phys.org) -- A new report by the Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles at UCLA estimates that more than 400,000 California public school students were suspended at least once during the 2009–10 school year, ...
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Apr 11, 2012 |
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Research to target untested rape kits
Researchers at Sam Houston State University and the University of Texas at Austin will team up with representatives from the criminal justice system in Houston to establish protocols to determine when sexual assault kits ...
May 05, 2011 |
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Indian youth suicide crisis baffles
(AP) -- Chelle Rose Follette fashioned a noose with her pajamas, tying one end to a closet rod and the other around her neck. When her mother entered the bedroom to put away laundry, she found the 13-year-old ...
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Mar 21, 2011 |
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Kids who skip school are tracked by GPS
Frustrated by students habitually skipping class, police and school officials in Anaheim, Calif., are turning to GPS tracking to ensure they come to class.
Feb 21, 2011 |
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Lesbian, gay and bisexual teens singled out for punishment
Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are about 40 percent more likely than other teens to be punished by school authorities, police and the courts, according to a study by Yale University researchers. Published in ...
Dec 06, 2010 |
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Study finds family acceptance of LGBT youth protects against depression, substance abuse, suicide
For the first time, researchers have established a clear link between accepting family attitudes and behaviors towards their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children and significantly decreased risk and better ...
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Dec 06, 2010 |
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Juvenile offenders often released into risky environments, study says
Roughly 100,000 juvenile offenders are released each year from U.S. correctional facilities and reenter the community, but little research has been done on the types of neighborhoods they end up in, including the risks they ...
Oct 26, 2010 |
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Growing crops in the city
A case study published in the 2010 Journal of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Education by professors at Washington State University studies the challenges one organization faced in maintaining an urban market garden ...
Oct 25, 2010 |
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Unpredictability a major factor in risky sexual behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Arizona family studies professor Bruce J. Ellis has developed a theoretical framework for understanding how elements of change and stress often guide the behavior of young people.
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Oct 04, 2010 |
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Most states offer HPV vaccinations to girls in juvenile justice system
Nearly all U.S. states offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to adolescent girls who have been arrested or detained, according to a new report from The Miriam Hospital and Brown University. The study, published in ...
Apr 28, 2010 |
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