Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so many Americans think of porn as harm?

Maryland Senate discussions around legislation to stop automatically charging minors as adults for certain crimes Wednesday morphed into a debate over the efficacy of the state’s Department of ...

Juvenile justice data sharing was just one piece of HB 48. The bill would also have enhanced DFS’ ability to evaluate its other programs — helping abuse and neglect victims, for example ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

CHEHALIS, Wash. — A teen is accused of attempted murder after he and another inmate attempted to escape from a Lewis County juvenile detention facility on Wednesday. Chehalis police said ...

But the mothers came forward to blow the whistle saying Maryland’s juvenile court system was putting student safety at risk. And they now say, it’s happening again. “The court is allowing a ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A juvenile was injured in a shooting on the city’s south side Saturday evening, according to the Columbus Division of Police. Officers were called to the 4400 block of ...

EDINA, Minn. — At least one teen has been charged in juvenile court after a planned group attack at a YMCA in Edina left a boy with a traumatic brain injury, according to court documents.

Otherwise, juvenile court determines delinquency. If found delinquent ... be addressed and provisions that need to be modified. For example, the state probably needs to allocate more funding ...

The microfinance industry contracted in Q2 FY25 with delinquency rates on loans rising to 4.3 per cent in September 2024. Borrowers with multiple loans decreased. Lenders urged the government for a ...

Minors held in detention awaiting juvenile court proceedings in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state laws strictly limiting seclusion for minors, an ...