What follows are brief definitions of key terms or additional information about phrases used in the juvenile justice field in discussions about youth reentry after incarceration or rehabilitation.

Facing Felony Charges: Starting this academic year, making a threat of mass violence at schools in Tennessee is a felony, for adults or children. Police Take the Lead: Law enforcement officers say ...

Washington, D.C. – Fight Crime: Invest in Kids released their report “Costly, Punitive Juvenile Justice Approaches Undermine Healthy Adolescent Development,” during a Zoom briefing that brought ...

Adrift after his father was shot and killed during an argument with a man at a Jacksonville, Fla. bar, then 14-year-old Robert LeCount spent several years burnishing his reputation as a drug-dealer ...

The “T” in ConcepTS stands for Terry. At 19, he died by suicide after completing an incarceration-diversion program that kept him out of prison for robbery. He'd been physically and sexually abused in ...

CHICAGO (AP) — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police ...