Check out our September Issue Brief: Let’s help empower students to stay in School: Tools and Strategies
Data Reveals Violence Among Youth Under 18 Has Not Spiked in the Pandemic
Throughout the pandemic, a flurry of alarming news coverage and inflammatory rhetoric from politicians have appeared in national1 and local2 mediahighlighting serious violent crimes by youth. The issue has generated considerable political attention in Congress3 and across the country, and it has fueledcalls to scale back youth justice reforms enacted in many states and to […]
🌼Check out our Spring Newsletter!
Our Spring Newsletter has articles written by our Intern Jasmine Kaur, MS, and staff member Shauntaye Williams-Monroe, Communications Project Manager. Click here to check out what’s been happening at the Tow Youth Justice Institute!
Do you know what the role of an Ombudsperson is?: Read our new Issue Brief to learn more
Corrections as Rehabilitation: Norway shares its model of success
The Institute for Municipal and Regional Policy at the University of Connecticut and the Tow Youth Justice Institute at the University of New Haven are partnering on the webinar series “Corrections as Rehabilitation: Norway shares its model of success”. This virtual series will feature conversations among several researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and impacted individuals from Norway, along […]
Watch the April 21st JJPOC Meeting
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month: Read our new Issue Brief- The Far Reaching Impact of Sexual Abuse
Have you heard? Car thefts are down in Connecticut
At yesterday’s Juvenile Justice Policy and Oversight Committee meeting, Ken Barone, the associate director at the Institute for Municipal and Regional Planning at the University of Connecticut, presented new data on motor vehicle thefts in Connecticut. You can watch the recording of the meeting HERE. Just use the passcode r86$p=n2. Barone presented preliminary figures and […]