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This report outlines some of the proposals affecting children contained within Governor Malloy’s proposed budget, as well as their likely impacts – highlighting proposed changes in stat
Connecticut has made great improvements in recent years in its treatment of young people who have committed crimes. As this issue brief for candidates outlines, going forward, Connecticut nee
As Connecticut families continue struggling to emerge from the Great Recession, policymakers must ensure that state budget changes do not undermine our prospects for recovery, in both the short and
Sex trafficking of children occurs across the United States. Each year, an estimated 100,000 to 300,000 adolescents are involved in prostitution in the United States.
Connecticut's school suspension law, which goes into effect on July 1, 2010, limits the use of out-of-school suspensions as a means of disciplining students.
The use of out-of-school punishments in Connecticut schools is surprisingly common -- over 250,000 school days were lost to suspensions or expulsions in the 2007-2008 school year, the equivalent of 1,
Connecticut continues to be one of just three states in which sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds are considered adults for the purposes of criminal law.
This study of the use of out-of-school suspensions to discipline K-12 students suggests that out-of-school suspensions may be overused and counterproductive.
In 2007, Connecticut passed landmark changes to its juvenile justice law, both "raising the age" of juvenile court jurisdiction to permit most offenses involving 16 and 17 year olds to be adjudicated
Connecticut has invested heavily and come to regret its investments in an adult-like, institution-based youth corrections system that costs far more money and produces worse results than even the most
