Sentences with phrase «youth justice issues»

The Change the Record Coalition earlier this week, called on the Federal Government to take national action on youth justice issues through the development of a National Youth Justice Action Plan.

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And despite the fact that the vast majority of young people, including those in riot - hit areas, are law abiding citizens, there is no doubt that the unrest we saw in August will shape debates we have from now on on youth provision, youth services and — the issue I'm going to focus on today - youth justice.

The Farmhouse will house MAP's Growing Green program which employs 45 - 50 youth annually and trains them in urban agriculture and food justice issues.

However, Youth Wing of Christian Association of Nigeria, Osun State, YOWICAN - OS, has earlier said the judgment of Justice Jide Falola that legitimises wearing of Hijab in public schools was in direct opposition to the mutual agreement leaders of National Inter-Religious Council, NIREC, Osun State chapter, reached on the issue.

She comes to OHR from Advocates for Justice and Education (AJE), where she worked on education policy issues for youth with special needs.

Visitors included staff from the US Departments of Education and Labor, the District of Columbia public school system, youth programs that focus on issues such as juvenile justice, employment, and education, and representatives from intermediaries that work with cities and other local entities.

One program called Youth Undoing Institutional Racism is currently working on several social justice in school issues, including getting military recruiters out of schools and rehiring union busdrivers who were laid off.

ACNJ is working with members of the New Jersey Council for Juvenile Justice System Improvement's Education Subcommittee and the Youth Justice New Jersey Coalition to address discipline and behavioral issues in schools.

Kyle Serrette Director of Education Justice Campaigns Center for Popular Democracy Shital C. Shah Assistant Director, Education Issues American Federation of Teachers Bela Shah Spooner Program Manager, Afterschool Initiatives Institute for Youth, Education, and Families National League of Cities Joann Weeks Associate Director Netter Center for Community Partnerships University of Pennsylvania Ira Harkavy Chair Emeritus Associate Vice President and Director Netter Center for Community Partnerships University of Pennsylvania

The learning process will be rooted in popular education, dialogue, peer exchanges, group coaching of individual teachers, artist and teacher partnerships, and personal exploration of the social justice issue as a point of departure to teaching youth.

When not writing or reading, Jen works with Portland youth on issues of food justice.

Artistic excellence, merit, and creative ways for interacting with youth and the public in issues of social change and justice are important criteria in the selection process.

Beginning in the Bulgarian capital of Sofia on July 4th and covering 1,600 kilometres (1,000 miles), the cyclists will eventually end up in the Turkish town of Sinop by mid-August — just in time for the twentieth annual Ecotopia, a gathering that brings youth from all over the world to discuss social justice and environmental issues.

350 DC is also pushing for a local carbon rebate that would make polluters pay and reinvest revenue in our communities, and supporting Sunrise DC, a youth - led grassroots movement fighting to make climate justice a central political issue.

SYC acts as a networking and resource centre for youth between the ages of 15 - 26, concerned about environmental and social justice issues.

Opened in 1957, it was designed to be «more clinic, than court,» fostering a child - centred approach to youth justice that aims to address the underlying factors that lead young people to conflict with the law, including problems at home, poverty and under - housing, substance use and mental health issues.

For justice - involved youth, courts and legal services alone do not address the underlying issues that lead them to conflict with the law.

The report takes issue with the use of solitary confinement in Ontario's youth justice facilities and advocates for greater safeguards and / or the complete eradication of the use of solitary confinement on children in Ontario.

Native Youth at Risk Courtlink A program designed to address the justice - related issues of aboriginal youth who are at risk and who exhibit low self - esteem and behavioural probYouth at Risk Courtlink A program designed to address the justice - related issues of aboriginal youth who are at risk and who exhibit low self - esteem and behavioural probyouth who are at risk and who exhibit low self - esteem and behavioural problems.

Her clinical expertise is focused on working with issues related to Trauma and Abuse, working with families and working with youth who are involved in the criminal justice system and mental health system.

It is the first YJC mandated to work in youth court with young people who have caused harm as a result of hate crimes and significant social issues YRAP is also the first such committee to be comprised entirely of Youth Members, and takes a unique approach to achieving the goals of Restorative Jusyouth court with young people who have caused harm as a result of hate crimes and significant social issues YRAP is also the first such committee to be comprised entirely of Youth Members, and takes a unique approach to achieving the goals of Restorative JusYouth Members, and takes a unique approach to achieving the goals of Restorative Justice.

Specific topics which have been covered in recent conferences include judicial ethics; interpreters; delivering reasons for judgment; assessing credibility; social media; technology and search warrants; managing a provincial offence trial; effectively communicating an oral judgment; risk assessment and indicators of lethality at bail hearings; the Youth Criminal Justice Act; eye - witness identification; conducting pre-trials; specific issues at trials of regulatory offences; fly - in - courts, residential schools; application of Gladue principles; mistrials and bias; accident reconstruction; search warrant issues; domestic violence issues; orders for examination under the Mental Health Act; child apprehension warrants under the Child and Family Services Act; evidentiary issues; discrimination and harassment in the workplace; stress management; and pre-retirement planning.

Called to the Bar of Ontario in 2003, Rebecca works as a lawyer, and has previously researched and published in a variety of areas, including youth criminal justice law, law practice management and equality issues relating to women and members of other historically marginalized groups in the legal profession as well as contributing as author and co-editor to several Demeter Press anthologies.

High school youth from various schools gather every two weeks to focus in on an area of social justice involving today's youth and work together on a project that will be presented on how to address some of these issues.

A global, all - virtual multidisciplinary collaboratory solving tomorrow's social justice problems in legal education and practice related to issues around youth advocacy, juvenile justice, human rights, and / or access to education and justice for vulnerable client populations.

«It covers all areas of law... everything from family law to youth criminal justice, immigration and refugee law, civil justice, any issue that would impact on an adult similarly impacts on children, in terms of law,» she says.

increase knowledge of the unique treatment issues presented by youths with coexisting disorders, various sexual orientations, involvement in the criminal justice system, and displaced housing situations.

In 1999 the Social Justice Commissioner convened a forum of approximately 60 Indigenous youth from across Australia to identify key issues that they faced.

Permanency Through Collaboration Between Delinquency and Dependency Courts (PDF - 880 KB) National Child Welfare Resource Center on Legal and Judicial Issues, ABA Center on Children and the Law Child CourtWorks, 10 (2), 2008 Describes efforts in Idaho to bridge the gap between child welfare and juvenile justice proceedings to assist youth with cases pending simultaneously in both systems.

The Department of Children and Youth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for chilYouth Affairs focuses on harmonising policy issues that affect children in areas such as early childhood care and education, youth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for chilyouth justice, child welfare and protection, children and young people's participation, research on children and young people, youth work and cross-cutting initiatives for chilyouth work and cross-cutting initiatives for children.

At its heart was this year's theme — youth and families and suicide prevention, issues that intersected deep discussions through the day on jobs, justice, education, health care, mental health, culture, identity, and the mechanisms for change, including proper funding and self - determination.

Activities and Play, Addiction, Administration, Adolescents, Attachment, Assessment / Outcomes, Behaviour, Boundaries, Bullying / Teen violence, Child Abuse, Children's Rights, Community, Competence, Conflict, Culture / Society, CYC: The Profession, Delinquency, Development, Discipline, Education, Engaging, Ethics, Family, Foster Care, History, Humour, Intervention, Juvenile Detention, Life Space Work, Love, Milieu, New CYC Workers, Outdoor Education, Parents and Parenting, Peers, Philosophy, Practice, Programs, Punishment, Relational Practice, Residential Care, Resilience, Restorative Practice, Runaways / Homelessness, School, Self, Sexual Issues, Strengths, Stress and Self - care, Success, Supervision, Theories, Therapy, Training, Transitions, Treatment, Voices of Youth, Youth crime and Juvenile Justice

While it is necessary to shine a comprehensive light on these issues at a national level, government can take steps right now to improve the youth justice system, including:

Screenings and Assessments Used in the Juvenile Justice System: Evaluating Risks and Needs of Youth in the Juvenile Justice System (PDF - 394 KB) Judicial Council of California, Administrative Office of the Courts, Center for Families, Children and the Courts (2011) Reviews screening and assessment instruments and summarizes issues related to instrument validation, selection, and administration.

Two separate submissions have also been made which provide an overview of law and justice issues relating to Indigenous children and an overview of issues relating to the challenges faced by Indigenous youth in coming to terms with their identity.

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Two bodies of FrameWorks research on issues relating to youth development and criminal justice are synthesized in this analysis of public thinking about juvenile justice, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Target Population: Youth, 12 to 17 years old, with possible substance abuse issues who are at risk of out - of - home placement due to antisocial or delinquent behaviors and / or youth involved with the juvenile justice system (some other restrictions exist, see the Essential Components section for more detYouth, 12 to 17 years old, with possible substance abuse issues who are at risk of out - of - home placement due to antisocial or delinquent behaviors and / or youth involved with the juvenile justice system (some other restrictions exist, see the Essential Components section for more detyouth involved with the juvenile justice system (some other restrictions exist, see the Essential Components section for more details)

Talking Juvenile Justice Reform: A FrameWorks MessageMemo (2016)(PDF) Two bodies of FrameWorks research on issues relating to youth development and criminal justice are synthesized in this analysis of public thinking about juvenile justice, funded by the Annie E. Casey FounJustice Reform: A FrameWorks MessageMemo (2016)(PDF) Two bodies of FrameWorks research on issues relating to youth development and criminal justice are synthesized in this analysis of public thinking about juvenile justice, funded by the Annie E. Casey Founjustice are synthesized in this analysis of public thinking about juvenile justice, funded by the Annie E. Casey Founjustice, funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

The Social Justice Commissioner has highlighted issues of concern at each stage of the juvenile justice system for Indigenous youth, incJustice Commissioner has highlighted issues of concern at each stage of the juvenile justice system for Indigenous youth, incjustice system for Indigenous youth, including: