juvenile justice, youth offending, child criminal exploitation, youth gangs
Policing During the final week of my Churchill Fellowship I returned to Harris County Constable’s Office Precinct 1 to learn more about the work of their Juvenile Division, which is responsible for the civil process of receiving and serving subpoenas and warrants from Harris County Juvenile District Courts. In many respects this is a parallel process …
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Why MHSO? As part of my Churchill Fellowship I wanted to look more broadly at how the CJS responds to some of the key risk factors relating to gang involvement. I will be writing in a later post about how gang units in the USA can work effectively with gang involved youth and their communities …
Like any type of illness, those which affect a person's mental health require diagnosis and treatment. But what happens when people are unable to obtain such support? For many people who suffer from a mental health disorder, a lack of support and treatment can lead to a crisis. Certain groups in many modern societies are …
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