Youth+Violence

= Please be sure to scroll down to explore helpful resources on this page! =

rss url="http://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&as_scoring=r&as_maxm=11&q=youth+violence+location:United_States&as_qdr=a&as_drrb=q&as_mind=17&as_minm=10&cf=all&as_maxd=16&output=rss" link="true" number="10" Recent NY Times article on youth violence in Chicago: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/08/opinion/08herbert.html?_r=1&scp=1&sq=bloody%20urban%20landscapes&st=cse

INTEREST GROUPS
[|Heritage Foundation] - and specific article on youth violence: [|Adult Time for Adult Crime] [|American Bar Association - Juvenile Justice Committee] - specific [|data] on Juvenile Justice [|National Juvenile Defense Center] [|Center for Juvenile Justice Reform - Georgetown University] [|Act4JuvenileJustice] - provides information about re-authorization of the Juvenile Justice Delinquency Protection Act
 * You are welcome to look for other groups - this list may help you get started. **

HELPFUL RESOURCES
[|• PBS Resource] on Treating Juveniles as Adults - especially look at the [|debate] about whether to treat juvenile offenders as children vs. adults. • PBS Frontline - map and information about juveniles who have received life sentences without parole: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/whenkidsgetlife/etc/map.html • A law introduced (not yet passed) to end federal sentencing of juveniles to life in prison without parole and provide incentives to states to do the same: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-2289 • Office of Juvenile Justice Prevention Programs, part of US Justice Dept. (Executive Branch): http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/ • Article on new study about how many youth are sent to adult prisons: http://www.youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=4420 = = [|• New York Times article] on juvenile sentencing - Nov. 09 and 2nd article, "[|Weighing Life in Prison for Youths Who Didn’t Kill.]" • Recent reforms in Maine's juvenile justice system (Portland Press Herald article in March 2010): http://www.pressherald.com/news/panel-reform-juvenile-justice_2010-03-29.html • Great article about Maine's experience and reauthorization of JJDPA: http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail.html?sub_id=129839. This mentions a task force put into place in Maine; the link above this one reports on that task force's findings.


 * OPINION POLLS**

JUDICIAL BRANCH
Suggested cases for you to review include (choose one): Kent v. United States //In re Gault// //New Jersey v. TLO// //Roper v. Simmons// //Graham v. Florida (Highly recommend this case - most current - about youth getting life in prison without parole)//

Here is [|one helpful resource link] (type in case name in search box). The library has a number of **excellent** resources. You may use other online sources as well (with the exception of wikipedia).

EXECUTIVE BRANCH
The Justice Department is the country's top law enforcement agency, including juveniles. The office also collects data about juvenile offenders. Please read this [|link] to learn more about this executive agency. Click [|here] for some helpful data on juvenile offenders.

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Overview on a federal law [|here].