How Train Stations Help to Explain a Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention
Violence reduction strategies vary in their emphasis on individual characteristics versus structural incentives. Train stations do as well. Continue reading How Train Stations Help to Explain a Public Health Approach to Violence Prevention
CityLab — What We Fight About When We Fight About Parking
Sociologists and criminologists theorize as to why violence can erupt from such seemingly inconsequential concerns. Jeffrey Butts, a professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York, says that the dynamics of parking provocations are sometimes similar to those of gang violence: Individuals who think their territory is threatened feel that they have to respond with violence to protect it. Continue reading CityLab — What We Fight About When We Fight About Parking
Youth Diversion: History and Purpose
A seminar with the Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ) at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Speakers explored juvenile diversion practices and policies, their costs, and benefits. Review the agenda. Continue reading Youth Diversion: History and Purpose
It’s About Quality: Private Confinement Facilities in Juvenile Justice
Quality youth justice systems (a) limit the use of confinement to cases where it is objectively necessary, (b) ensure the health and safety of all confined youth, (c) provide effective treatments and developmentally appropriate programming, and (d) continually monitor and evaluate their effectiveness. These goals apply to all forms of secure confinement regardless of financing or organizational configuration. Continue reading It’s About Quality: Private Confinement Facilities in Juvenile Justice
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