Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Addressing the health status and needs of incarcerated youth represents an issue at the
nexus of juvenile justice reform and health care reform. Incarcerated youth face …

As I learned more about restorative justice, the large number of books, papers, and essays
on the subject was astonishing. Not surprisingly given my lifelong journey as a racial justice …

With 2.3 million individuals incarcerated in the United States, incarceration remains a
pressing social influence on health. While risk factors for incarceration are known, research …

Children and adolescents who become involved with the justice system often do so with
complex medical, mental health, developmental, social, and legal needs. Most have been …

ABSTRACT The study sought to:(1) describe the mental health and substance use profiles
among participants of a specialty trafficking court program (the Succeed Though …

This article reports on one teacher's year-long project seeking to disrupt the school-to-prison
pipeline through class dialogue around gang affiliations. The review of literature defines the …

Interaction with animals can be beneficial to humans and animal-assisted interventions
(AAIs) are increasingly popular in a range of contexts. Dog training programs (DTPs) are the …

This paper examines the effect of parental poverty and neighborhood conditions on juvenile
crime rates. It employs two distinct regression models: OLS linear regression model and …

In California, formerly incarcerated individuals face several challenges while pursuing
higher education. To combat these challenges, there are several programs in the California …