Justice for Kids: Keeping Kids Out of the Juvenile Justice System

Contents

| vii Contents Preface ix Nancy E. Dowd Introduction: Justice for Kids 1 Nancy E. Dowd Part I System Change 1 Redefining the Footprint of Juvenile Justice in America 21 Shay Bilchik 2 Delinquency and Daycare 39 David R. Katner 3 Challenging the Overuse of Foster Care and Disrupting the 62 Path to Delinquency and Prison Leslie Joan Harris 4 Preventing Incarceration through Special Education and 82 Mental Health Collaboration for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders Joseph C. Gagnon and Brian R. Barber 5 Looking for Air: Excavating Destructive Educational and 107 Racial Policies to Build Successful School Communities Theresa Glennon Part II Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation 6 The Black Nationalist Cure to Disproportionate Minority 135 Contact Kenneth B. Nunn viii | Contents 7 Girl Matters: Unfinished Work 157 Lawanda Ravoira and Vanessa Patino 8 Supporting Queer Youth 180 Sarah Valentine Part III Legal Socialization and Policing 9 Deterring Serious and Chronic Offenders: Research Findings 201 and Policy Thoughts from the Pathways to Desistance Study Thomas A. Loughran, Alex R. Piquero, Jeffrey Fagan, and Edward P. Mulvey 10 “I Want to Talk to My Mom”: The Role of Parents in Police 219 Interrogation of Juveniles Stephen M. Reba, Randee J. Waldman, and Barbara Bennett Woodhouse Part IV Model Programs 11 Moving beyond Exclusion: Integrating Restorative Practices 241 and Impacting School Culture in Denver Public Schools Thalia N. C. González and Benjamin Cairns 12 The Line of Prevention 263 Khary Lazarre-White 13 What It Takes to Transform a School inside a Juvenile Justice 283 Facility: The Story of the Maya Angelou Academy David Domenici and James Forman Jr. About the Contributors 307 Index 311 ...