WASHINGTON — Legal responses to juvenile offending should be grounded in scientific knowledge about adolescent development and tailored to an individual offender's needs and social environment, says a ...

A practical guide to help youth development professionals engage young people in high-quality positive youth development experiences regardless of the learning environment.

There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

This paper summarizes the outcome of an international conference on addressing the issue of urban youth in conflict with the law in Africa. It discusses the most effective responses to youth crime and ...

Where Our Children Play (WOCP) announces the expansion of its youth athlete development programs, with U.S. camp programming entering Las Vegas during Spring Break 2027 and new school and after-school ...

In the class of things that happen so often or predictably as to become truisms are the high-risk activities that teenagers frequently engage in, like driving too fast, using alcohol or drugs, ...

In the decade since I left health and human services administration and its issues behind, promising shifts in juvenile justice policy and practice have gained momentum. Perhaps the most significant ...

Across the globe, many young people are coming of age in increasingly polarized societies characterized by social fragmentation, ideological extremism, and ...

Three area nonprofits were announced as recipients of a record investment for creative youth development programs in Washington. Mi Chiantla, The Bridge Music Project and UTOPIA Washington ...

After years of incremental reform, Los Angeles County is moving to dismantle the largest youth justice system in the country in favor of a “care-first” model that would look less like prison and would ...