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Articles on Juvenile Justice

Four Ways America Gets It Wrong in Prosecuting Alleged Teen Offenders By Elizabeth Clarke Child Law, March 2020 The United States leads developed nations in punitive, cruel, and inhumane practices against children and adolescents who come into conflict with the law. 
120 Years Later: The Juvenile Court in Illinois By Elizabeth Clarke Child Law, January 2020 Illinois led the world in establishing and protecting the rights of children when its first juvenile court was founded in 1899.
Violence prevention/intervention for parents Alternative Dispute Resolution, February 2003 The following article by Robert E. Wells, Jr. of Pessin, Baird & Wells in Belleville, suggests that it is never too early to start the development of positive skills in alternative dispute resolution.
Key Juvenile Justice Reform Act provision By Betsy Clarke Child Law, April 1999 The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 1998 changes the purpose of the delinquency provisions from a rehabilitative to a restorative justice philosophy.

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