WASHINGTON — Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a ...

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

After years of incremental reform, Los Angeles County is moving to dismantle the largest youth justice system in the country in favor of a “care-first” model that would look less like prison and would ...

In the decade since I left health and human services administration and its issues behind, promising shifts in juvenile justice policy and practice have gained momentum. Perhaps the most significant ...

Disability Rights Tennessee and the Youth Law Center have published the final report in a trilogy that offers realistic and actionable steps that could be implemented within Tennessee's juvenile ...

Georgia Preparatory Academy graduated 27 students from the juvenile justice system, awarding six high school diplomas, 21 GED ...

Todd Hanks was booked into the Hidalgo County Jail on charges of indecency with a child and sexual contact with a person in custody, jail records show. Image: TJJD (KSAT) A man who worked as a youth ...

AUSTIN, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) - A Youth Development Coach at Ron Jackson State Juvenile Correctional Complex was arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor in custody. Daniel Holmes, 34, faces the ...