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Embracing positive youth justice may require a shift in thinking for some, but we must be serious enough about safety to apply proven principles, writes David Muhammad.

Detention facilities compound trauma onto kids, exacerbating the issues rather than teaching them sustainable tools, writes Kristel Cosio.

The field of emerging adult justice is new in the U.S. but the research that informs this field is well-established, write the authors.

New research out of Stanford proposes a practice for better classroom relations between kids who have been jailed and their teachers.

At long last, federal law on a key juvenile justice policy has been dusted off. On December 21, the day the government shut down, President Trump signed into law the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2018, an update to the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA), which was passed in 1974.

A report by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office raised some doubts about Gov. Jerry Brown’s plan to see more older youth and young adults served in the state youth prison system administered by the Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ).

Former foster youth too often fall into societal traps, our criminal justice system being a menacing offender. The system provides an inherent risk to anyone yet it is especially detrimental for former foster youth, against whom the odds are already debilitating.