National Center for Juvenile Justice
The National Center for Juvenile Justice researches topics relating to juvenile justice. Melissa Sickmund is director.
Category: Government & politics
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform
The Center for Juvenile Justice Reform is a project of Georgetown University that seeks to support and reform the current juvenile justice system through a cross-disciplinary approach. Shay Bilchik is founder and director.
Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth
The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of Youth is “dedicated to reducing and abolishing the sentencing of any person below the age of 18 to life without the possibility of parole.” Karmah Elmusa is the communications director.
Campaign for Youth Justice
The Campaign for Youth Justice seeks to prevent youths from being tried as adults. April Turner is the communications and media director.
“Poll finds evangelicals stand apart on evolution, climate change”
Sept. 29, 2011, Religion News Service article posted the Public Religion Research Institute about a poll which finds that white evangelicals and members of the Tea Party are less likely to believe in evolution and climate change and its political implications for the 2012 election.
Breakaway Outreach
Breakaway Outreach is a faith-based nonprofit that works with young offenders in a juvenile detention center ministry. It was co-founded by Jimmy Larche, who says his life was changed by faith when he was a teenager in a juvenile detention center.
African-American Juvenile Justice Project
The African-American Juvenile Justice Project assists African-American children in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. It aims to hold “both the system and the African-American community accountable for the lives of our children.” Attorney Sherri Jefferson founded the project. Contact via her website.
“White U.S. evangelicals most skeptical on climate change”
April 17, 2009, Reuters article citing a Pew Forum poll which shows that white American evangelicals are the most skeptical of human-induced climate change. The article includes a link to the full poll.
“From Climate Control to Population Control: Troubling Background on the ‘Evangelical Climate Initiative”
A joint paper of the Institute on Religion and Democracy and the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty which claims that the support of the Evangelical Climate Initiative by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, which also underwrites family planning initiatives, as evidence that support for intervention in climate change could lead […]