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It's been nearly seven months since Antonio and Dawn Armstrong were found shot to death inside their Bellarie home.

The US Supreme Court has ruled that "kids are different," but thousands of juveniles are still being tried as grown-ups. They're often confined with adult prisoners—even when their crimes are not serious or violent. We hear how the war on crime eroded juvenile justice.

When you think about arthritis you think of aging or elderly rightThat's a very common connection to make but what about the nearly 300,000 children nationwide that have been diagnosed with Juvenile Arthritis (JA)Arthritis affects more children than juvenile diabetes and cystic fibrosis combined. Juvenile arthritis is one of the most common chronic illnesses affecting children yet it is often undetected or misdiagnosed when…

Read more to learn how telehealth could transform the juvenile justice system in the future.

If you or a child is going through the California juvenile court process, here are 11 important facts that you need to know in order to be prepared.

Juvenile justice reform advocates can spread their message further if they carefully guide their audience to an understanding of adolescent development and the justice system, researchers say.

As you might expect, juvenile court proceedings are conducted very differently from adult proceedings. This relates back to ... Criminal Defense

Building upon adolescent research showing that connection to caring adults is a key protective factor, the Indiana project examines whether changing juvenile prison staff perceptions about adolescents, and equipping staff to provide evidence-based programs improves outcomes. Through a mixed methods stepped wedge design, this research evaluates a neuroscience-based intervention that will train staff in Indiana’s …

Antidepressants and other drugs in Puget Sound water flowing over juvenile Chinook salmon gills and otherwise getting into their systems is building up in their brains and bodies and, well, that just can't be good. But, fact is, we don't know what it's doing to them. Hell, we hardly know what it's doing to us in the long run.

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