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An initiative to help combat youth gun violence in Fort Worth has a new director. ... If people do not take action now, Clark says, Fort Worth may look like other cities like Boston, St. Louis, or ...
Youth lockups in Texas remain beset by sexual abuse, excessive use of pepper spray and other mistreatment including the prolonged isolation of children in their cells, the Justice Department said ...
Spates of gun violence among teenagers continue to afflict Tacoma, with the most recent uptick in shootings last month leaving a 15-year-old dead and another teen wounded not far from a high school.
Another possible change could be the interaction of the community these adolescents live in. [23] The involvement of neighbors could decrease the chances of violence among these communities. [23] In Craig Pinkney's TedTalk speech, "The Real Roots of Youth Violence", he states that people do things to be heard and seen in their communities. [23]
Since many youth who commit violent offences develop in physical and psychological environments that are overstimulating, effective treatment has to include a different, more soothing milieu for the youth. Garbarino provides preventive treatment plans and interventions, in addition to a systematic approach to reforming violent offenders. [1]
The violence that incarcerated youth experience—fights, stabbings, rapes—is well known to those who work in the criminal justice system, and those who oppose it. [17] Congregating delinquent youth has a negative impact on behavior—it actually serves to make them more deviant and more of a threat to themselves and others.
The U.S. Justice Department found on Thursday that Texas has routinely violated the civil rights of juveniles at five of its detention facilities by using excessive force, failing to protect them ...
Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of criminology and juvenile law. Its Co-editors are Chad R. Trulson (University of North Texas) and Jonathan W. Caudill (University of Colorado, Colorado Springs). It was established in 2003 and is currently published by SAGE Publications.