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School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

By Susan Ferriss

UPDATED: Schools' police chief responds to new citations data.

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Los Angeles moves haltingly toward ending fines for truancy

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles ends big fines, limits police enforcement of truancy law

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles report: Limit suspensions, don't fine truants

By Susan Ferriss

Los Angeles to vote Feb. 22 on ending $250 truancy fines

By Susan Ferriss

Oakland leads way as restorative justice techniques enter education mainstream

By Eric K. Arnold

'Restorative justice' techniques are helping young people overcome violent impulses

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San Francisco lets students own up to misdeeds rather than face expulsion

By Jeremy Adam Smith

Continuing impact from Center series

By Kristen Lombardi

Tennessee

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Human trafficking allegations test diplomatic immunity

By Traver Riggins

Report: States deal with more female offenders

By Susan Ferriss

A new report about state policies shows a rethinking in putting younger kids into adult court, police interaction with minority kids

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Minor offenders, major consequences

By Julie Strupp

Georgia's 'bootstrapping' detention of kids for indiscretions

By Susan Ferriss

Black Missouri teens increasingly tried disproportionately as adults

By Kenneth J. Cooper

School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

By Susan Ferriss

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Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

Florida plans to close a privately run juvenile offener home that has been under scrutiny for alleged poor treatmetn of kids.

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Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Youth rehabilitation centers in Florida under scrutiny

By Susan Ferriss

Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

'School to prison pipeline' hit on Capitol Hill

By Susan Ferriss

Hearing probes 'school to prison pipeline' featured in center stories

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Controversy over cops in schools flares anew

By Susan Ferriss

Report: States deal with more female offenders

By Susan Ferriss

Racial profiling blamed for black teen's shooting in Florida

By Susan Ferriss

School discipline debate reignited by new Los Angeles data

By Susan Ferriss

Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

U.S. still tops, but rates have declined

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

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Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Georgia changed law covering juvenile offenses, but recidivism remains high

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New report: Minors in 'solitary' hallucinate, harm themselves

By Susan Ferriss

Report reveals dramatic decline in youth incarceration

By Susan Ferriss

Federal report slams record of putting youth in adult prison

By Susan Ferriss

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Multisystemic Therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders.

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Report details lives ruined for children put on sex-offender registries

By Susan Ferriss

Florida to close controversial juvenile detention center

By Susan Ferriss

Georgia's troubled effort to reduce juvenile crime

By Jim Walls

Notre Dame case highlights complexities of campus sexual assault investigations

By Kristen Lombardi

Report details lives ruined for children put on sex-offender registries

By Susan Ferriss

Human Rights Watch investigates how minors, even for innocuous offenses, can end up on sex-offender registries for life.

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Notre Dame case highlights complexities of campus sexual assault investigations

By Kristen Lombardi

Continuing impact from Center series

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New therapy proves effective for juvenile sex offenders

By Sarah Boslaugh and Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Campus Sexual Violence Elimination Act headed for President's signature

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