Visit Bokeh Focus: Through the Eyes of Youth to explore our growing Instagram collections of photo essays, stories and videos by or about youth. Curated by Center for Sustainable Journalism, the ...

Dual status youth (also referred to as “crossover youth” or “multi-system youth”) refers to youth who come into contact with both the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, though they do not ...

NEW YORK CITY — Ninety-nine percent. The number sent an audible gasp throughout the City Council chamber. Chief of Detectives Dermot F. Shea had just read off the percentage of people of color on the ...

[This story is part of a series focusing on false confessions and filming interrogations. Read other stories in the series here.] NEW YORK--A 14-year-old Raymond Santana sat slumped in a chair, his ...

Few seem to be disputing the brain science that suggests that the impulsivity of adolescence lingers well into technical adulthood. Even so, opposing camps, in both Massachusetts and California, are ...

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, ...

It’s about time someone wrote a book that informs readers about the unadulterated truth of how we treat kids in America. It isn’t flattering, and worse, the future doesn’t look promising despite ...

The well-established finding that a majority of youth in the juvenile justice system have been exposed to trauma has led to a clarion call for the implementation of trauma-informed practices. However, ...

Sex offender registration policies were initially developed for adults with sexual offenses, but have recently been extended to include youth with sexual offenses as well. At first glance, sex ...