Running Juvenile Service Agencies

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Running Juvenile Service Agencies

They're government officials tasked with overhauling long-neglected juvenile agencies and turning around the lives of at-risk youths. Our juvenile justice series continues with Donald DeVore and Vincent Schiraldi, top officials in Maryland...

They're government officials tasked with overhauling long-neglected juvenile agencies and turning around the lives of at-risk youths. Our juvenile justice series continues with Donald DeVore and Vincent Schiraldi, top officials in Maryland and D.C. Join us as we discuss new efforts to share information across government agencies and jurisdictions, and explore how day-to-day decisions impact the lives of young people and the communities they live in.

Guests

Donald DeVore

Secretary of Juvenile Services, State of Maryland

Vincent Schiraldi

Director, D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services

Related Links

DC Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services
Maryland Department of Juvenile Services
"Juvenile Crime and the Courts", Kojo Nnamdi Show, April 1, 2009
"Prosecuting Juvenile Offenders as Adults", Kojo Nnamdi Show, March 25, 2009
"Preventing Juvenile Crime", The Kojo Nnamdi Show, March 18th, 2009
"A Juvenile Crime Wave?", Kojo Nnamdi Show, March 11, 2009
"How would you balance the rights of at-risk youth with the rights of communities?"

Kojo talks with Lee Satterfield, Chief Judge, District of Columbia Superior Court

Kojo talks with Jeffrey A. Taylor, United States Attorney for the District of Columbia.

Kojo talks with non-profit service providers working with at-risk youth.

Kojo gets a history lesson about national and local trends in juvenile justice reform, and explores why it is so hard to answer a simple question: "Is our region in the midst of a juvenile crime wave?"

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