Promising Models for Reforming Juvenile Justice Systems
Sep 8, 2009, Marian Wright Edelman, The Huffington Post
Nationally, one in three Black boys and one in six Latino boys born in 2001 are at risk of going to prison during their lifetimes. Although boys are more than five times as likely to be incarcerated as girls, the number of girls in the juvenile justice system is significant and growing. This shamefully high incarceration rate of Black youths is endangering our children at younger and younger ages and poses a huge threat to our nation's future. America's cradle to prison pipeline is putting…
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- Issues
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Community-based alternatives
, Evidence-based practices
, Racial-ethnic fairness/DMC
, Right-sizing jurisdiction