Juvenile Justice News

• BJS Releases API of National Crime Victimization Survey Data May 23, 2013
  WASHINGTON, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) has published an application programming interface (API) that provides access to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) dataset in open, machine-readable formats.The NCVS API is a dynamic feed that allows developers and researchers to […]
• Jail Population Increases After Three Years Of Decline May 22, 2013
  WASHINGTON, May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. jail population increased after three consecutive years of decline, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today. The number of inmates confined in county and city jails increased by 1.2 percent, from 735,601 at midyear 2011 to 744,524 at midyear 2012.Local jails […]
• Restorative justice more effective for serious crime May 20, 2013
  "The evidence does not support the view of Sensible Sentencing Trust spokeswoman Ruth Money, that restorative justice is only appropriate for low level offending" says Kim Workman, of Rethinking Crime and Punishment. "Much of the evidence points in the opposite direction." […]
• Court denies Delhi gang-rape accused lie detector test May 20, 2013
  New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) A fast track Delhi court hearing the Dec 16, 2012, gang-rape case Monday dismissed the pleas of two accused seeking permission to undergo lie detector tests and also to subject the victim's male friend to a similar test. […]
• Women cases getting top priority after Delhi gang-rape: Judge May 19, 2013
  Gurgaon, May 19 (IANS) Supreme Court's Justice P. Sathasivam, who is also the executive chairman of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA), Sunday said that cases related to women are being given priority by courts after the Delhi gang-rape. […]
• Please ensure justice for my daughter: mother of Delhi gangrape victim May 16, 2013
  India, May 17 -- "Judge saheb, meri beti ko insaaf dilaiye (please ensure justice for my daughter)," the mother of the December 16 gang-rape victim, with her hands folded, requested the special court hearing the horrific rape case on Friday.Deposing before the court of additional sessions judge Yogesh Khanna, the woman made fervent pleas for justic […]
• Justice Department Recognizes Nine Citizens And Law Enforcement Officers For Rescuing Missing, Abused Children May 14, 2013
  WASHINGTON, May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Justice Department will recognize nine citizens and law enforcement officers from four states for heroic and exemplary efforts to protect children, during the annual National Missing Children's Day commemoration in Washington, D.C., 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 15.  The award recipients are from Illinois, […]
• Juvenile detained in Ponty Chadha case May 8, 2013
  India, May 9 -- A juvenile involved in a string of murders in Uttarakhand has joined the ranks of close to 24 persons to be apprehended for their alleged involvement in the sensational slaying of liquor baron-cum-real estate honcho Gurdeep alias 'Ponty' Chadha and his brother Hardeep last November.The accused juvenile hails from Rudrapur in Uttarak […]
• The Global Center for Women and Justice at Vanguard University Hosts Delegates from Northern Iraq to Reduce Violence ... April 26, 2013
  Combatting violence against women in Iraq spawns higher education partnership between Vanguard University and University of Duhok. Visit to California includes training with 12th District Court Judge David O. Carter, OC Juvenile Justice Douglas Hatchimonji, OC Juvenile Services, OC Child Abuse Special Teams (CAST) and Westminster Police DepartmentCosta Mesa, […]
• Florida’s 50-Year Creeps: Lawmakers Opt to Give Kids Half a Century in Prison April 25, 2013
  A kid would be a fool to kill someone in Florida. […]