Citizens for Juvenile Justice
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Earlier this month, WBUR aired Anatomy of a Bad Confession, a two-part story describing how a Worcester 16-year-old was coerced into confessing to the murder of her infant son.

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Justice for Kids: campaign to raise the age of juvenile jurisdiction.

Arrested Futures: CfJJ releases its latest report on Massachusetts school-based arrests

Arrested Futures

Citizens for Juvenile Justice is proud to announce our latest report with the national American Civil Liberties Union and Massachusetts ACLU, Arrested Futures: The Criminalization of School Discipline in Massachusetts’s Three Largest School Districts.

Read the press release HERE.

Read more about the report and school-based arrests in Massachusetts HERE.

Positive Results: How Positive Youth Development Can Change Juvenile Justice

Featuring Keynote Speaker Dr. Jeffrey A. Butts - Director, Research and Evaluation Center, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

 

CfJJ's 2nd Annual Conference was held on March 29, 2012, and featured keynote speaker Dr. Jeffrey A. Butts of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Read more about the event here.

Leadership Celebration 2011

DataPoints | December 2011

CfJJ's comprehensive report on the state of the juvenile justice system in Masssachusetts. Read more and access the full report here.

Citizens for Juvenile Justice (CfJJ) is the only independent, non-profit, statewide organization working exclusively to improve the juvenile justice system in Massachusetts. We advocate, convene, conduct research, and educate the public on important juvenile justice issues.

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This post first appeared on Beacon Broadside (9/28/11). David Chura, a writer and educator, worked with at-risk youth for many years and shares the voices of young people that he met as a teacher in a New York prison in his new book I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of [...]

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This post first appeared on Beacon Broadside (7/20/11). David Chura, a writer and educator, worked with at-risk youth for many years and shares the voices of young people that he met as a teacher in a New York prison in his new book I Don’t Wish Nobody to Have a Life Like Mine: Tales of [...]

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