This article is a good compilation of the studies out there that with most kids less (probation supervision/conditions) is more. […]
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Young Adult Justice
Check out the website that Harvard’s Kennedy School put together about this emerging practice area. What is Young Adult Justice?*
SJC – Adult Interstate Compact Case with a Juvenile Twist
An important case came out Monday that concerns when Massachusetts supervises a probationer from another state. The case is Coe […]
Evidence Based Trauma Interventions
This link takes you to a chart (on the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)) that lists a variety of […]
March 24 – 7:00 PM, Boston: Harvard Center for Law, Brain & Behavior hosts: Poverty, Violence, and the Developing Mind
Concentrated poverty is on the rise, and an increasing number of children are at risk for exposure to severe violence […]
Keeping Kids out of Detention
The globe had a nice op-ed piece on Friday on the damage that pre-trial detention can do for children’s educational opportunities. Keeping Kids […]
Sexually Exploited Children
Here is a law review article dealing with this subject: Tamar R. Birckhead, The Youngest Profession: Consent, Autonomy, and Prostituted […]
Transitions in Youth Advocacy Division Appeals
The phrases most likely to come out of Barbara Kaban’s mouth: “I can do that.” “I will do that.” And […]
Ziyad Hopkins, Ian S. Axford Fellow in Public Policy recently returns from NZ
Ziyad Hopkins, a Youth Advocacy Division attorney and 2015 Ian S. Axford Fellow in Public Policy, recently returned from studying New […]
President Obama Proclaims October 2015 National Juvenile Justice Awareness Month
President Obama proclaimed October 2015 to be National Youth Justice Awareness Month. He highlighted many of the issues central to […]