As a teenager in the juvenile justice system, living in a single-parent household or having a family with criminal history doesn't help your case -- at least if you're a minority.
Social Sciences
Mar 12, 2009
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Private prisons play a political role in immigration and incarceration issues in the United States and the industry may face obstacles as well as opportunities in the current political landscape, a new paper from an Oregon ...
Social Sciences
Jun 25, 2019
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According to a longitudinal study following more than 1,000 homeless Australians and those at risk of homelessness, 42 percent of people released from prison, juvenile detention or remand in the past 6 months were found to ...
Social Sciences
May 27, 2015
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In recent years, many juvenile courts have adopted in-home detention with electronic monitoring tethers as an alternative to institutional incarceration. A new study has examined whether this approach reduces recidivism among ...
Social Sciences
Jun 21, 2021
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A study in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) reports that among elementary school-aged children, Black children and multiracial children who were at least partly Black, are at ...
Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2021
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Planners have come up with many innovative ways to prevent flooding caused by heavy downpours—from planting rain gardens to installing green roofs.
Environment
Apr 4, 2023
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The Federal Criminal Justice Clinic at the University of Chicago Law School has announced the release of the first national investigation of federal pretrial detention. The report, which identifies a "federal jailing crisis" ...
Social Sciences
Dec 9, 2022
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With his legs outstretched, T. barely fits the diameter of the small animal pen that surrounds him. Clad in an orange jumpsuit, he sits in the dirt, cuddling a rabbit to his chest. He gazes down at the small animal, gently ...
Social Sciences
May 8, 2017
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Immigration detention facilities that are privately operated or located in remote areas of the country garnered more grievances and held detainees significantly longer than in publicly run facilities, according to a study ...
Social Sciences
Dec 14, 2018
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As one of its first acts in government, the newly elected Labor government turned back a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers trying to enter Australia.
Political science
Jul 21, 2022
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