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• Inside Look at a Juvenile Justice Facility
  CBS News gets a glimpse at life inside a facility that many consider a model for “raise the age” reforms.
   
• Primetime Crime: New Model for Juvenile Justice
  ABS News provides a view of a Missouri-style juvenile detention center that provides a different approach to juvenile justice. Various individuals share their crime stories.
   
• A Stolen Cellphone, Then an Odyssey Through Maryland’s Juvenile Justice System
  This video shows the story of Michael, a 16-year-old who was incarcerated for 891 days for stealing a phone.

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• Youth Crime Rate Nearing Adult Crime Rate
  Reporters discuss the increase in crime rate among juveniles has spiked in Sioux Falls.
   
• How We Cut Youth Violence in Boston by 79 Percent
  An architect of the “Boston miracle,” Rev. Jeffrey Brown started out as a bewildered young pastor watching his Boston neighborhood fall apart around him, as drugs and gang violence took hold of the kids on the streets. The first step to recovery: Listen to those kids, don’t just preach to them, and help them reduce violence in their own neighborhoods. It’s a powerful talk about listening to make change.
   
• Jacksonville Mayor, DCPS Superintendent to Meet about Youth Crime
  Due to increase in crime, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry plans to meet with Duval County Superintendent of Schools Dr. Nikolai Vitti to talk about how they can collaborate to reduce youth crime and violence. 

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• A prosecutors’ vision for a better justice system
  In this searching talk, Adam Foss, a prosecutor with the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office in Boston, makes his case for a reformed justice system that replaces wrath with opportunity, changing people’s lives for the better instead of ruining them.
   
• Unequal Justice: Mother, sons sucked into criminal justice system
  The case of a Toronto family illustrates how young black men can get caught up in the criminal justice system, and how it can be hard to get out.
   
• Should 11-year-olds be charged with adult crimes?
  CNN asks: How young is “old enough” to be an adult criminal? 

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• Exploring the Mind of a Killer
  Psychopathic killers are the basis for some must-watch TV, but what really makes them tick? Neuroscientist Jim Fallon talks about brain scans and genetic analysis that may uncover the rotten wiring in the nature (and nurture) of murderers. In a too-strange-for-fiction twist, he shares a fascinating family history that makes his work chillingly personal.
   
• Environment and Crime
  Report on the cold weather crime wave by Today Show correspondent.
   
• Why Teenage Boys Do Stupid Things
  Report of teens engaging in hazardous behavior.

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• Sex Offenders
  Houston FBI: One of the worst child sex abuse cases ever.
   
• Sex Offenders
  Video highlights Jerry Sandusky’s sentencing.
   
• Why Domestic Violence Victims Don’t Leave
  Leslie Morgan Steiner was in “crazy love”—that is, madly in love with a man who routinely abused her and threatened her life. Steiner tells the story of her relationship, correcting misconceptions many people hold about victims of domestic violence, and explaining how we can all help break the silence.

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• Young killers who stay in juvenile court take vastly different paths
  One man was tried as a juvenile for committing a murder, while two others were tried as adults. The man tried as a juvenile is now free, while the men tried as adults remain in prison. They tell their stories here.
   
• Cuyahoga County starts new system for booking and processing juvenile offenders
  Video highlights the changes in booking and processing juvenile offenders.
   
• Attorney requests Jamie Silvonek case be sent to juvenile court
  Jamie Silvonek and Caleb Barnes are charged with the Upper Macungie killing of Silvonek’s mother Cheryl, who did not approve of their relationship.

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• Juvenile on Bail Kills Again
  A New Delhi 17-year-old is tried as an adult for murder.
   
• “Expansive” Juvenile Justice Reform Bill Close to Law in DC
  Legislation called cutting edge by national experts on juvenile justice reform has been unanimously passed by the Council of the District of Columbi
   
• In custody: the day-to-day life inside the Harris county juvenile detention center
  A day-to-day look at life inside the Harris County Juvenile Justice Center.

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• Police in schools: Why are they there?
  Tens of thousands of them patrol American schools every day. They are law enforcers. They are mediators. They are educators.
   
• School liaison officers adjust to revamped program
  The Rapid City Police Department has revamped its School Liaison Program just in time for the school year.
   
• “They’re not adults”: N.Y. seeks new approach to juvenile justice
  N.Y. seeks new approach to juvenile justice.

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• What to expect from the Juvenile Court process
  Overview of what to expect from the juvenile court process.
   
• NEW: “Cash me Outside” teen could soon face trial on juvenile charges
  A criminal trial date could soon be in the future for Danielle Bregoli, the Boynton Beach teenager and former “Dr. Phil” show guest riding a wave of Internet popularity from her use of the verbal taunt “Cash me outside.”
   
• A stolen cellphone, then an odyssey through Maryland’s juvenile justice system
  The goal of juvenile justice is rehabilitation. Michael, a 16-year-old, was incarcerated for 891 days, from ages 13 to 16, before being released in October 2015. He was rearrested 4 months later on theft charges.

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• DHS students lead by example in new mentoring program
  Dover High School upperclassmen are taking the lead in a new course aimed at helping fellow students transition to high school.
   
• Rochester Teen Courts focus on rehabilitation instead of punishment
  Rochester Teen Court has been around for nearly 20 years. It’s proven to be a model for similar programs in the state.
   
• Truancy crackdown: number of parents taken to court rises
  The number of parents being prosecuted for their child missing school is on the rise, with thousands facing action last year.

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• La County experiencing shortage of foster parents; thousands of kids need homes
  The One More initiative at the Real Life Church aims to help those in the Los Angeles County community become foster parents.
   
• Budget cuts force severely mentally ill juveniles from hospital to detention center
  Budget cuts force juveniles from hospital to detention center.
   
• Boy, a 12-year-old, charged with capital murder in Arkansas after authorities say he killed 21-year-old store clerk
  A 12-year-old boy in Arkansas has been charged with capital murder after authorities say he killed a 21-year-old store clerk.

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• Gangs and Juvenile Justice
  “Building Resiliency: Alternatives to Gangs,” a town hall-style meeting, included a panel discussion on youth gangs. Panelists discussed youth gang prevention, intervention, suppression, and re-entry strategies. They also talked about proven community-wide approaches to youth gang reduction efforts. Mr. Costigan moderated the panel.
   
• Suspects sought in surge of deadly gang violence in Santa Ana
  The Santa Ana community saw a week filled with gang violence, and authorities are asking for help to find several killers.
   
• Gang violence on the rise
  Taxifornia 2016” Author James Lacy weighs in on California’s gang problem.

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• Life Inside Japan’s Aging Biker Gangs
  VICE Japan followed some of the country’s most infamous bikers to hear about their violent pasts and dying subculture.
   
• Why Kenco is taking on gang culture
  Increasingly brands are in the business of selling ideas bigger than their brands and Kenco is taking this concept to the next level with its Coffee versus Gangs project, writes Nicola Kemp.
   
• The Maras: A Gang’s Reign of Terror
  They’re called the Maras . . . A gang identified by their menacing tattoos. Having unleashed a wave of violence across large parts of Central America, their reign of terror is now spreading even further . . . and leaving thousands fearing for their lives.

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• The Neuroscience of Restorative Justice
  Ted Talk regarding restorative justice.
   
• In first day as attorney general, Sessions vows to get tough on crime
  After an unusually bitter confirmation battle, Jeff Sessions was confirmed as U.S. attorney general.
   
• Restorative Justice
• Victim First video detailing information pertaining to restorative justice.