Lauren Klosinski | February 2, 2021 | Children and the Law
The Support Center for Child Advocates, led by Executive Director Frank P. Cervone, was recently profiled by Visionaries, a documentary series. The Support Center’s mission is to advocate for victims of child abuse and neglect with the goal of securing safety,...
Kristin Nicole Henning, Clare Huntington, Elizabeth S. Scott, Marsha Levick and Jennifer Morinigo | December 23, 2020 | Children and the Law
The treatment of the children in two distinct areas of the law – child welfare and juvenile justice – is fraught with difficulty even under the best of circumstances. But with the onslaught of the COVID pandemic, the regular challenges and the need to protect children...
Douglas Berman | November 11, 2020 | Children and the Law, Sentencing
This post was originally published on the Sentencing Law and Policy Blog on Oct. 11, 2020. On Friday, the Supreme Court of Arizona handed down a unanimous rejection of claims by multiple juvenile offenders subject to de facto life sentences for multiple sentences in...
Jaymes V. Fairfax-Columbo, Sarah Fishel and David DeMatteo | September 11, 2020 | Children and the Law
ABSTRACTIn two recent cases, the United States Supreme Court abolished mandatory juvenile life without parole (LWOP; Miller v. Alabama, 2012) and held that the ban applies retroactively (Montgomery v. Louisiana, 2016). Pointedly, the Court suggested that juveniles...
Fatos Haziri | September 2, 2020 | Children and the Law
ABSTRACTThis paper is of a combined character; summary and research, as it contains comparisons and research in a critical way, so it includes content and important psychological aspects of criminal actions that lead the juvenile person to conflict with the law,...
