Tag Archive for: tough on crime

Charging 10-Year-Old as Adult in Death of Infant is Not Only Wrong, But Damaging
The decision by Wisconsin to charge a 10-year-old girl as an adult after her actions tragically led to the death of an infant late last year raises serious questions about the status — and progress — of criminal justice reform across the…

The Curfew Myth: How a ‘90s Panic Spawned an Anti-Crime Measure That Doesn’t Make You Safer – The Marshall Project
It’s a summer ritual in many American cities — declaring a juvenile curfew to keep troublemaking teenagers off the streets. This summer at least one city—Austin—has decided not to sound the alarm.
The Austin Police Department’s…

Review: Get Tough Treatments Do Not Work
Reviewer: Sarah Krantz, Esq.
Article to be Reviewed: Arkowitz, Hal and Lillenfeld, Scott O.; How to Turn Around Troubled Teens, Scientific American, (Nov. 2014) https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-to-turn-around-troubled-teens/.
Summary
Boot…

REVIEW: Young & Arrested
By Sarah Krantz, Esq.
Last week, WMFE’s Renata Sago premiered Young & Arrested, her five-part series on Orange County’s high rate of juvenile arrests. The series’ five stories are told through the eyes of three African-American…