Sentences with phrase «juvenile justice systems often»

Young people involved in the child welfare and / or juvenile justice systems often face significant challenges as they transition to college and career.

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Parents hear horror stories about kids involved with the juvenile justice system and are often afraid to contact them.

Often, DSS will work with a family involved in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems to utilize services offered at these facilities.

Last summer, the U.S. Department of Justice threatened to take over New York's juvenile - prison system after investigating Tryon and two other state facilities and uncovering a litany of abuses: employees restraining kids so often and with so much force that kids had endured concussions, broken teeth, and broken bones.

Albany, NY — Youth advocates are calling for an overhaul of New York State's Juvenile Justice System Capital District Bureau Chief Dave Lucas investigates the call to action to stop the funneling of minority youth down life - paths that often lead to arrest, conviction, incarceration and, in some cases, death

These kids often are not returning to the general school or if they are, they wind up back in alternative schools or in the juvenile justice system pretty quickly.

The findings suggest that youths in the juvenile justice system have noteworthy psychopathology that often remains unidentified.

The juvenile justice system may provide consequence for your child's behavior, but most often, it does not treat the underlying problems or provide your child with the help they need.

Research within clinical populations consistently finds that girls are more often abused than boys, although research focused on the broader population of community youth has not shown such gender differences in rates of physical maltreatment.72 Female offenders typically are abused before their first offense.73 Among girls in the California juvenile justice system, 92 percent report some form of emotional, physical, or sexual abuse.74 Self - reported victimization rates among boys in the juvenile justice system are considerably lower, though boys may be more likely than girls to underreport certain forms of abuse.75 Some studies report abuse rates for males between 25 percent and 31 percent, while others report rates of 10 percent for sexual abuse and 47 percent for physical abuse.76 Closer comparison reveals that delinquent males and females tend to report different types of traumas as well.

At this stage, they often come to the attention of the juvenile justice system.

African American youth in urban centers often reside in poorly resourced communities and face structural disadvantage, which can result in higher rates of poor behavioral health factors such as mental health problems, juvenile justice system involvement, substance use, risky sex and lower school engagement.