Video and Multimedia

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Video Links

Video 1: Day in the Life of a Youth Case Manager

Description: Many students in the Criminal Justice field may be interested in becoming a Youth Case Manager. In this video, a case manager named Carlos talks about what he does for his job. Cameras follow him through his day at the middle school. Carlos helps children who may be bound for delinquency change their paths.

Video 2: Newark Youth Court Gives juvenile Offenders a Jury of Their Peers

Description: This court helps deal with alternatives for juveniles who commit minor, first-time crimes. Youth court is an alternative to youth incarceration. When students walk in, the judge, jury, and plaintiff are all people who look just like them.

Video 3: Jim Crow Juvenile Justice

Description: This short documentary created by the Youth First campaign shows how the juvenile justice system has systematically targeted Black and Latino children at a rate of 5 times that of White children. The video shows the history of this institutionalized racism, and how it has persisted today.

Video 4: Kids for Cash Scandal Explained

Description: Kids for Cash was a scandal in which a judge was sending kids to a juvenile delinquency center in which he was part owner of. Tammi Stefano, the founder of National Safe Child, explains how this happened.