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The 115 new alleged victims, who each brought suit on Monday, joined hundreds of other survivors who have filed cases since last spring -- based on claims they were sexually abused at youth ...
And while the NYPD made 275 juvenile gun arrests in 2016, he said there have already been 438 this year. NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael Lipetri says juveniles made up 12% of run ...
The U.S. Department of Justice’s investigation into Kentucky’s juvenile justice system comes at a critical moment. The system's new commissioner has warned legislators that several new tough ...
In 2000, Rutherford County created the post of Juvenile Court Judge. The post was filled by then-Democrat (later Republican) elected Judge Donna Scott Davenport, [5] [9] who was scheduled to (and did) retire at the end of her eight-year term, in August 2022. [14] Davenport controlled the county's juvenile justice procedures. [1] [6]
The Juvenile and Family Court Journal is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering juvenile and family justice. It was established in 1949 as Juvenile Court Judges Journal, and was later renamed Juvenile Justice, and later renamed again to Journal of Juvenile & Family Courts. The journal obtained its current name in 1978.
The Gault Center, formerly the National Juvenile Defender Center or NJDC, [2] is a nonprofit organization located in the United States that advocates for juvenile justice reform. [3] NJDC changed names to The Gault Center in 2022.
Along with her counterparts in Brazos and Harris counties, she supports raising the age of juvenile criminal jurisdiction in Texas so that all 17-year-olds automatically go to the juvenile system. On the national level, the issue rarely surfaces, even in a newly receptive political climate for criminal justice reform.
Oct. 18—WILKES-BARRE — Gov. Josh Shapiro has signed into law Senate Bills 169 and 170 — now Act 107 and Act 108 of 2024 — to implement reforms needed to improve outcomes for youth ...