What are some of the best ways to approach youth who commit criminal offences? What questions should be asked and what should the desired outcome be?
Is there justification for the use of solitary confinement in jails and prisons? What alternatives are there? Consider this question from several angles.
What can we do to ease re-entry into the community for youth offenders and prevent recidivism?
How do our popular and news media, today, shape our view of “criminals”? (Do our news media cover youth violence responsibly, asking the right questions?)
How or what are Bay Area police departments doing in terms of preventing crime, working with diverse communities and ensuring safety? Is it working? What would improve relations between police and citizens?
Was the Oscar Grant shooting represented fairly and adequately by the media? How was it similar to or different from the events around Rodney King?
What lessons can we learn from the tragic story of Michael Brown being shot to death by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri just this past summer? What kind of justice is needed there, and can we relate this to Rodney King?
How does racial prejudice continue to work against both victims and perpetrators of crime in America? What is being done about this, and what could be done?
Subjects. Keywords
Youth or Teen* or Adolescen* or juvenile
criminals or perpetrators of crime or offenders or JUVENILE delinquents
Crime or criminal
Criminal behavior
Punishment or retribution
rehabitation or restorative justice or "ALTERNATIVES to imprisonment"
victim-offender reconciliation
PROBATION
JUVENILE detention homes
ELECTRONIC monitoring of parolees & probationers or COMMUNITY supervision or community service
LIFE sentences or home detention, sentencing
Jail* or Penal institutions or prisons or Correctional Institutions or PRISON system
JUVENILE justice
"TREATMENT of prisoners" or "PRISON overcrowding" or PRISON conditions;
Recidivism or re-entry
Race or Racism or prejudice
African American or Black
Hispanic or Latino or Mexican American or Diverse communities
Violence or shootings or
Community relations or outreach or community policing
Police or cops or law enforcement
Social aspects or Psychological Aspects or PSYCHOSOCIAL factors
