From the
Editor's Desk
Are "Doing Justice" and "Doing Good"
Compatible
By Gary B. Melton |
4 |
Family Life
Today
Family Life Under the Eye of the Court
Although change within the courts and broader legal system is
still in its infancy, promising new models are emerging to
address the wide range of issues that families bring to the
court system.
By Mark Small and Robin Kimbrough |
6 |
Innovations on
the Frontline
Using the Circle to Break the Cycle of Crime
By Carl Holman |
11 |
Family-Focused Parent Drug Court
By John Parnham and Robin Kimbrough |
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Youth Courts: Teens Judging Teens
By Kathryn A. Olson |
Juvenile Arbitration Program Stresses
Responsibility, Corrective Action
By Carl Holman |
Parent Education in California Family Courts
By Isolina Ricci |
Making it
Happen
Restorative Justice in Minnesota
The Minnesota Department of Corrections has been working with
local communities to create programs that are modeled after
different restorative justice techniques.
By Kay Pranis |
28 |
Action on the
Hill
Victim-Offender Mediation and Balanced and Restorative
Justice for Juveniles
The federal Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency
Prevention has created two initiatives- victim-offender
mediation and Balanced and Restorative Justice- that have
changed how many communities are treating juvenile offenders
and their victims.
By Josephine Gittler |
34 |
Courtwatch
Judicial Leadership: Improving Services for Children and
Families
A North Carolina district court judge is making juvenile and
family courts more responsive to children and families by
forming a collaborative relationship between the legal and the
social service systems.
By Maureen Lee |
37 |
Lessons From
Abroad
Empowering Families and Communities: The New Zealand Family
Group Conference
Based on a method of problem resolution used by the indigenous
people of New Zealand, that country has passed a law that
treats child protection and delinquency as community problems
and empowers families and communities to solve them.
By Murray Levine |
40 |
View from the
Other Side
Drug Court Program
At age 15, I was addicted to drugs and alcohol and committing
serious crimes. A juvenile drug court program helped me to
turn my life around.
By Susan L.
The Tulare County Juvenile Drug Court
California's first juvenile drug court provides a way
for youth with substance abuse problems to get clean and sober
and to stop committing crimes.
By Wanda King
|
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