Juvenile Trends
Justice Mary Beth Kelly Appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice
Justice Mary Beth Kelly, Chair of the Michigan Committee on Juvenile Justice (MCJJ), has been appointed to the Federal Advisory Committee on Juvenile Justice [...]
States Move Toward Treating 17-Year-Old Offenders as Juveniles, Not Adults
This trend is a result of concern about high incarceration rates and growing neurological evidence that young people’s brains are different from adult brains. [...]
House Committee OKs Raising Age For Juvenile Crimes To 17
Those 17 and under would be placed into the juvenile criminal justice system instead of the current 16 and under, except for the most [...]
U.S. Supreme Court Orders Juvenile Lifers to Get Parole Consideration
The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled that its 2012 ban on automatic life sentences without parole for those who committed crimes as juveniles [...]
Technical Assistance Offered for Youth in Custody Practice Model
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform (CJJR) and the Council of Juvenile Correctional Administrators (CJCA), will provide technical assistance to up to three agencies [...]
Detroit News Supports Juvenile Justice Reform
In an editorial headlined "Raise the Age," the Detroit News supported legislative efforts aimed at treating juvenile offenders differently than adults and giving them [...]