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  • Can an Algorithm Tell When Kids Are in Danger?

    January 02, 2018 |

    The New York Times Magazine |

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    Response Location: United States, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Wrongly assessing risks for children in potentially abusive or dangerous homes has dire consequences, but a new predictive analytics system is assisting screeners to help those who need it most.

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  • In push to end child marriage in Guatemala, young women are on the front line

    December 28, 2017 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Guatemala, Tierra Blanca

    In some rural parts of Guatemala, "more than half the girls...marry before the age of 18." While a coalition of organizations was able to lobby lawmakers, and raise the legal marriage age to 18, real changes happened at the community level when mentors engaged with girls.

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  • Young Perps: The Costs of Sensationalizing Youth Crime

    November 29, 2017 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    Media and public scrutiny as well as the experience of being detained can worsen the outlook for juvenile offenders. Increasing court involvement, keeping the media at bay, and having a juvenile facility can help the circumstances.

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  • ‘We can't just keep doing what we've been doing': King County tries risky alternative to youth jail

    October 23, 2017 |

    The Seattle Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    As Seattle’s Central District continues plans to expand their juvenile detention center, one prosecutor is looking for ways to keep kids out of it. "Our system has proven woefully inadequate, so we can’t just keep doing what we’ve been doing," explains Jimmy Hung, the prosecutor behind this hope. Hung, in partnership with the chief deputy prosecutor, faith workers, police officers and the director of King County’s juvenile detention center are now piloting peace circles with incoming detained juveniles with a goal of seeing a behavior and lifestyle switch.

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  • The Latest Trend in Reducing Recidivism: Keeping Mothers and Children Together

    September 19, 2017 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Most states and cities don’t permits mothers who give birth in prison to stay with their children. However, scattered across the country are programs like ReMerge, a program in Oklahoma City that allows mother and children to stay together, and avoid prison time. Programs like these are working, and yield lower recidivism rates.

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  • Female chiefs in Malawi wage war against child marriages

    December 23, 2016 |

    Center for Solutions Journalism Malawi (CSJ News) |

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    Response Location: Malawi

    In Malawi, one out of every two girls is married before the age of 18, some as young as 12 years old. However, some female chiefs are trying to end the practice. One of them, Chief Theresa Kachindamoto, has been able to dissolve more than 8oo child marriage weddings.

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  • ‘Not a Dungeon': The Evolving Approach to Juvenile Detention

    December 14, 2016 |

    Jackson Free Press |

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    Response Location: United States, Jackson, Mississippi

    The approach of some state detention directors to juvenile justice has evolved at Henley-Young Juvenile Justice Center. Research shows that traditional detention is simply not working as a deterrent to youth crime—and can actually increase it. Administrators, county and special-interest groups have chipped away at antiquated practices to make room for rehabilitation and therapy. These efforts attempt to address the core issues that culminate in youth crime, delinquency and recidivism.

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  • In Uganda, Fostering a World without Adoption

    September 06, 2016 |

    Bright Magazine |

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    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda, where international adoptions and orphanages are the most present form of child welfare, nonprofits like Reunite, Alternative Care Initiatives-Uganda, and CALM Africa are shifting the country to a welfare model focused on family reunification and community-based foster care. Although pilot programs are still small, there is also a focus on closing technical loopholes and providing practical support to encourage foster care programs.

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  • School-Based Arrests Down At CPS Schools

    April 18, 2016 |

    WBEZ |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    A decrease in arrests in Chicago public schools is a result of the district moving away from a zero-tolerance policy for discipline and acting in favor of more instructional intervention. This approach has allowed for kids experiencing trauma and lashing out to receive better care and direction than is provided by punitive action.

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  • How teen brains are different and what that means for curbing youth violence

    March 10, 2016 |

    Cleveland.com (The Plain Dealer) |

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    Response Location: United States, Virginia Beach, Virginia

    A new training program gets police officers to delve into the complexities of teenage brain development, helping law enforcement to recognize mental health issues, respond to them and, if they can, refer families to other resources in the community. The method focuses less on swift and immediate interventions and more on building relationships and trust that decreases overall volatility, while increasing the chance of keeping youth out of trouble and away from crime in the long term.

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