The phrase “community-based alternatives” refers to a wide range of approaches designed to limit youth contact with the juvenile justice system and the frequency with which they are incarcerated.

The following general resources provide a wealth of information on many aspects of dual status youth. The Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice & Statistics (JJGPS) online resource has a ...

For years, the sex trade was "their" problem, a heinous part of culture in poorer nations. But attention here to sex trafficking has slowly increased in recent years with the reauthorization of the ...

A coalition of juvenile justice advocates in Connecticut are calling on state leadership to take action to protect juveniles currently held in detention from the COVID-19 pandemic before it is too ...

Negotiating dispositions have no place in our juvenile courtrooms. Let’s examine this assertion using Johnny as a case study. He is 15 years old and before the juvenile court for battery on a teacher, ...

Emergency wound management such as that taught through the American College of Surgeons’ Stop the Bleed program, its proponents say, offers gun-injured individuals a better shot at survival. For ...