Research Library
Juvenile Justice Research Data & Publications
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04/28/08
CDF President Marian Wright Edelman's testimony on Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2008
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03/28/08
Cradle to Prison Pipeline Campaign Discussion Guide, Case Studies from the Pipeline with discussion questions
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03/14/08
"At younger and younger ages, children and teens who go through the juvenile justice systems of many states are condemned to long terms at large youth detention centers and adult prisons only to languish in cells surrounded by thick walls and razor wire...."
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03/04/08
Key immediate action steps for individuals, families, communities, organizations and government agencies to protect and reroute children from the pipeline.
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02/15/08
"This year, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to overturn a lower court decision striking down the District of Columbia's 1976 handgun ban designed to reduce violent crime. If the Court reverses the lower court and upholds the ban...."
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01/31/08
A transcript of CDF President Marian Wright Edelman's remarks at Duke University's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration in January 2008
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01/25/08
CDF Letter to Support Youth PROMISE Act, Letter a Day Campaign to all Representatives
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01/11/08
"At the national summit on the Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis convened by the Children's Defense Fund at Howard University in September, we had the opportunity to hear from a number of national experts about solutions that are working to keep at-risk children off the track to prison and on the path to success....."
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11/02/07
En muchas comunidades econ??micamente acomodadas de Estados Unidos, los padres, siguiendo una tradici??n de la familia de generaci??n a generaci??n, matriculan a sus hijos de antemano, de hecho al nacer, en escuelas preescolares selectas con la esperanza de facilitarles el camino hacia las universidades de primera categor??a.
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10/26/07
Al compararse con hoy d??a, muchos de los mensajes que recib??an nuestros hijos e hijas en la cultural popular de los a??os 60 y 70 eran positivos o por lo menos no tan da??inos como los de la actualidad. Desafortunadamente, durante los ??ltimos 20 a 25 a??os, muchos de nuestros j??venes se han visto arrinconados en un oscuro callej??n cultural sin salida en que se celebran la violencia, el hedonismo, la misoginia y el materialismo.