A California bill soon to land before its first legislative committee seeks to engage the...
Juvenile Justice
Report: Juvenile Incarceration Rates Have Plummeted, but Thousands More Kids Could Be Kept Out of Lockup
Between 2000 and 2019, the rate of youth incarceration dropped approximately 60 percent, and...
Probation Chiefs’ Association Hopes to Raise the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction in CA
Next year, the organization known as the Chief Probation Officers of California (CPOC) has big...
Youth Reports of Sexual Victimization in Juvenile Lockups on the Decline
In 2012, 9.5 percent of youth — nearly one out of every 10 kids — in juvenile...
Moving From Punishment to Hope and Healing for Kids in the Juvenile Justice System
By Stephanie Miceli The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Every year in the...
LAUSD Plans to Expand List of Offenses Eligible for Diversion to Reduce Racially Disparate School Arrests
The district's goal is to reduce student arrests on school grounds by as much as 80 percent.