ARTICLE TAG

Positive Youth Justice

5/1/2015

Positive Youth Justice Series: Curbing Crime, Building Assets

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.

3/26/2015

The Business of Positive Youth Justice: Measuring Success

Last week, our Positive Youth Justice series explored the use of positive youth development (PYD) in re-entry work at Waterside Workshops. The small nonprofit by the San Francisco Bay uses boatbuilding and a bike shop as the starting point of a personal relationship between the staff and youth. 

3/25/2015

The Business of Positive Youth Justice: Changing Staff Perception

Last week, our Positive Youth Justice series explored the use of positive youth development (PYD) in re-entry work at Waterside Workshops. The small nonprofit by the San Francisco Bay uses boatbuilding and a bike shop as the starting point of a personal relationship between the staff and youths. 

3/24/2015

Safely Home: Reducing Youth Incarceration

A report from the Youth Advocate Programs Policy & Advocacy Center on reducing youth incarceration and achieving positive outcomes for high and complex need youth through effective community-based programs. To read the full report, please click here.

3/10/2015

Positive Youth Justice, Part Four: William F. James Ranch, Santa Clara County, Calif.

Last month, The Imprint began “Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets,” a series that imagines an entire continuum of juvenile justice services built on the positive youth development (PYD) framework.

3/9/2015

Juvenile Justice Solutions Should Always Start with Positive Youth Development

by David Muhammad Since the creation of the first juvenile court in Chicago in 1899, our juvenile justice system has failed to reach its ultimate goal of  treating and rehabilitating youth.

    3/3/2015

    Positive Youth Justice, Part Three: Tarrant County Advocate Program, Texas

    A few weeks ago, The Imprint began “Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets,” a series that imagines an entire continuum of juvenile justice services built on the positive youth development framework.

    2/24/2015

    Positive Youth Justice, Part Two: Community Works, Oakland, Calif.

    A few weeks ago, The Imprint began “Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets,” 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

    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.