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The National Institute for Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism has released, “Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention for Youth: A Practitioner’s Guide.”

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has released two new bulletins from its National Survey of Children’s Exposure to Violence (NatSCEV) series and a fact sheet on the survey.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) has released the report, “Synthesis of Research and Resources to Support At-Risk Youth.”

A case for reducing juvenile incarceration - a special report recently released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.

American Probation and Parole Association To Host Training Institute in Chicago

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Suicide Prevention Research Center has released - "After Suicide: A Toolkit for Schools."

BJA Announces FY 2010 Justice and Mental Health Collaboration Program

The Bloomberg administration plans to merge the city’s Department of Juvenile Justice into its child welfare agency, signaling a more therapeutic approach toward delinquency that will send fewer of the city’s troubled teenagers to jail.

This story comes from a small town outside of Jefferson City, MO. It's a horrible story of murder involving a female teen. There is a lot of discussion as to the fate of this youth - with two possible roads/outcomes ahead - the juvenile justice system or prison. Whatever the decision - the mindset should be focused on how to prevent something like this from happening again. Rehab? With two previous incidents of attempted suicide - this story has the small community of St Martins, MO and the country paying attention.

The U.S. Department of Justice released a report finding that the routine use of force at four New York juvenile detention centers was a violation of the constitutional rights of the children imprisoned there.  Read the rest of the report here.