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John Jay College of Criminal Justice

3/2/2020

Manhattan District Attorney Investing $2 Million to Prevent Youth Sex Trafficking

Megan Conn

Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance announced that his office will award $2 million over three years to develop an intervention to address youth sex trafficking in New York City. “In case after case, we see traffickers target children and teens, particularly those in our child welfare system or those who have run away from home,” said Vance, in a press release.

5/1/2015

Positive Youth Justice Series: Curbing Crime, Building Assets

John Kelly

The Imprint produced “Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets” in 2015. It is a series that imagines an entire continuum of juvenile justice services built on the positive youth development framework.

2/9/2015

Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets

Guest Writer

Underneath the tension-laden surface of national politics, there is growing agreement that the United States needs to rethink criminal justice, that the nation is over-reliant on expensive and ineffectual incarceration and short on other strategies that would lower the likelihood of continued criminal behavior.

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