Tag: Juvenile Justice

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Prairie View A&M Juvenile Crime Prevention Center Launches Program to Better Youth Behavior

Prairie View A&M University’s (PVAMU) Texas Juvenile Crime Prevention Center (TJCPC) has launched the Teen Connect Parenting Program, a parent education and support training program to improve parent-child relationships and youth behavior. Partnering with the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the evidence-based, ten-week program will help Houston region parents build skills to address hurdles faced by […]

June 1, 2021

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Apryl Alexander

Alexander began her research by focusing on individuals who had experienced various levels of trauma such as sexual assault, abuse, neighborhood violence or natural disasters. She studied how those violent incidents impacted them.

February 5, 2020

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Emory History Professor’s New Book Probes Black Youth, Criminal Justice

Emory University assistant professor of history Dr. Carl Suddler puts the intersection of race, gender, youth and incarceration under a searing spotlight in his new book, Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York.

August 23, 2019

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Leticia Diaz: A Commitment to Equity

Driven by an institutional mission of social responsibility, Dr. Leticia M. Diaz oversees a law school rich with diversity and strong in its commitment to utilizing legal knowledge for greater good.

July 26, 2018

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Illinois Community College Works to Reform Juvenile Offenders

A program at an Illinois community college is working with youth at a local juvenile justice center to help prepare them for college or a future occupation.

August 7, 2016

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Pell Grant Eligibility Clarification Opens Doors of Opportunity for Juvenile Offenders

Expert says higher education leaders should look for ways to help young people in juvenile jails start to work on their college education now that the Obama administration has clarified that the longstanding ban on Pell Grants to prisoners does not apply to them.

December 9, 2014