The Marion County Family Youth and Intervention Center, which opened last fall on the east side of Indianapolis, was created to divert juveniles from the justice system early by giving those in crisis ...

In Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's final State of the State address, she made it clear public safety reform is an expectation ...

As legislators begin to gather in Annapolis, we encourage them to finally commit to meaningful juvenile justice reform as it relates to removing the automatic waiver of juveniles into the adult ...

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WBTW) — State lawmakers are getting to work on a sweeping juvenile justice reform agenda that could lead to tough new legislation within a year — something a veteran prosecutor and ...

Punishment provides immediate, visible results, while empowering youth requires patience, understanding and time. But let’s be clear: punitive and exclusionary responses backfire, causing harm to ...

After serving as Administrator of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) under the Obama Administration, Robert L. Listenbee, Esq., will return ...

Harford County Executive Bob Cassilly voiced concern over lack of communication between law enforcement and school systems when it comes to juvenile crime, pointing to Rachel Morin's case for a ...

Juvenile justice is at the threshold of a new period of legal and policy reform in which policymakers are more open to the relevance of scientific knowledge about adolescents in responding to juvenile ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe made juvenile justice reform a top priority, and Missouri lawmakers are taking action.

The Boone County prosecuting attorney said the bills would make it easier to charge parents criminally and make juvenile ...