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A family member has for several years struggled with delinquency. He has been arrested several times and even served a short sentence in a correctional facility for adolescent criminals. I saw how it affected him and his family.
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In law school, I learned about the scope of the juvenile delinquency problem and the basics of the juvenile justice system in Russia
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As a junior legal council, I provided assistance to several families whose children were navigating the Russian juvenile justice system.
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I learned how the JJS system in the US works. I was surprised to find out that it is harsher on kids than the Russian system!
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I was still a graduate student. I was impressed by the students' interest in the topic. Quiet a few could relate to the topic personally since they either had contact with the JJS themselves or knew someone that did.
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A new course in the Justice Studies department. As one of the course requirements, students researched a JJS of another country.
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JMU faculty from Anthropology, Justice Studies, and Social Work joined by John Tuell, the executive director of the RF Kennedy Center for Transforming Juvenile Justice
https://rfknrcjj.org/about-us/meet-the-rfk-national-resource-center-staff/#tuell -
