The way Leon Smith sees it, raising the minimum age for juvenile offenders is about breaking a chain. Young offenders punished as adults risk losing a crucial opportunity to get out of the criminal ...

The juvenile justice system is designed for rehabilitation. Punishment takes a backseat to programs, and judges tend to look upon their dockets with compassion for the complex social issues that give ...

ROB AND JULIE. OKAY. THANK YOU. BILL. NEBRASKA STATE LEADERS AND LAWMAKERS CELEBRATE THE PASSAGE OF SB 530. IT’S AN EXPANSIVE PUBLIC SAFETY BILL THAT MAKES REFORMS TO JUVENILE JUSTICE. NOW, FOR MOST ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WOIO) - You may be surprised to learn some sex offenders can’t be tracked by the public. 19 Investigates learned local law enforcement has to follow a different set of guidelines ...

For more than five years, Massachusetts lawmakers have been pondering and debating — but not acting on — legislation that would change the way the state defines juvenile offenders and finally allow ...

Bill Gibbons serves as president of the Memphis Shelby Crime Commission and executive director of the University of Memphis Public Safety Institute. Blended sentencing offers an opportunity for many ...

A new law, which took effect Jan. 1, offers hope for serious juvenile offenders in Tennessee while at the same time holding them more accountable. Up until now, juvenile court jurisdiction over a ...

Three men who recently were running for attorney general of Washington, D.C., pledged to reduce juvenile crime and emphasized the importance of rehabilitation. These candidates urged that, whenever ...

ATLANTA — Channel 2 Action News investigates police and prosecutors’ frustrations with how the juvenile justice system handles repeat offenders. For 10 months, Channel 2′s Michael Seiden has been ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department said a juvenile offender who was already facing serious charges elsewhere was arrested again back in May while under supervision. In a ...