Juvenile delinquency Archives

Does Juvenile Justice System need a Change?

Mar 2, 2014deafinprisonorgSupporter Contributions#BetterIn2014, #JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Criminal justice, Daphne Holmes, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Department of Juvenile Justice, Juvenile delinquency

By Supporter Contributor Daphne Holmes The juvenile justice system in the United States operates under a different set of standards than the adult criminal justice system. In order to make distinctions between the actions undertaken by minors and the crimes committed by adults, the two methods of dispensing justice are completely separate from one another,

Marsha Graham Speaks Out on Juvenile Crime

Oct 9, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Children Youth and Family, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Marsha Graham, Status offense

[Editor’s Note: Marsha Graham is one of my favorite Supporter Contributors, and a very dear friend. Without her help, I never would have gotten started learning ASL, and she’s been a cornerstone of aid and comfort to DeafInPrison.com, since we launched. This piece was originally a comment she wrote to the post Juvenile Crimes – Our

Juvenile Crimes – Our Main Pain!

Oct 7, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Addiction, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Paul Smith, Supporter Contributions, Youth

By Supporter Contributor Paul Smith It’s sad to admit but over the past years the problem of youth crime is becoming more and more urgent. Teachers, social organizations and specialists working in this field are very concerned about the tendency to degradation of the new generation of our society. Young people who have not come

Juvenile Delinquency: Ways of Solution

May 27, 2013deafinprisonorg3 CommentsSupporter Contributions#JusticeForFelix, Adolescence, BitcoDavid, Children Youth and Family, Crime, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Juvenile delinquency, Paul Smith, Substance dependence

By Supporter Contributor Paul Smith [Editor’s Note: As regular readers of DeafInPrison.com are aware, we are always on the lookout for writers and contributors who want to support our work – as we support theirs. If you have an opinion on any of our topics – even an opposing one to our own, please contact

A Disturbing Trend: Deaf Youth and the School to Prison Pipeline

Oct 9, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, Civil and political rights, Deaf education, Deaf History, Deaf in Prison, JeanFAndrews, Juvenile delinquency, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, School to Prison Pipeline, School to Prison Pipeline Deaf youths

“The School to Prison Pipeline” is a disturbing trend found in Deaf Education today. A metaphor coined by the Harvard Civil Rights Project, the “School to Prison Pipeline,” refers to two parallel concepts. For one, youths are being removed from school environments and are sent off campus to alternative schools or incarcerated in juvenile corrections