May 29, 2009
Roundup: New Database Tracking Juvenile Justice Legislation; New Alcohol Tax Calculator; Skate Culture in Native America: and More
Roundup: New Database Tracking Juvenile Justice Legislation; New Alcohol Tax Calculator; Skate Culture in Native America: and More
- The Center for Study of Social Policy has posted a new database tracking juvenile justice legislation from around the country.
- Here's a handy tax calculator from the Marin Institute, to help policymakers easily determine the potential financial impacts of raising alcohol taxes at the state or national level.
- Trying to connect to Native American teens? Beginning June 12, a new exhibition at the National Museum of the American Indian will open, focusing on "Skateboard Culture in Native America." Skateboarding is described as "one of the most popular sports" on Indian reservations.
- A new report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University documents the way in which funding for addressing substance abuse is dramatically skewed toward treatment, although prevention is much cheaper.
- The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) just released new juvenile arrest statistics for 2007.
- The Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice is calling for the closure of California's state-level juvenile facilities and recommending that teens be served in county facilities instead.
- The biggest drop in the number of foster kids has occurred in Florida; yet only a few years ago, the state was ranked hear the bottm of national foster care rankings. How'd they do it?
- Hard times and crime - are they linked, and if so, how?
- Reginald Dwayne Betts was put in prison for nine years at age 16. He got out in 2005 and is now a spokesperson for the Campaign for Youth Justice. A few days ago, he was the student commencement speaker at the University of Maryland.
- "Seven Year Life Outcomes of Adolescent Offenders in Los Angeles" -- a research report using data from the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs (GAIN).
