by Gabriel Alkhdour | Apr 1, 2018 | Law and Justice
The juvenile justice system in the United States is ineffective, harmful and extremely expensive. It does not work, it makes youth worse, and it costs too much. The traditional correctional model of juvenile justice is punitive and adversarial. Youth are removed from...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Mar 11, 2018 | Law and Justice
When the Supreme Court banned capital punishment for crimes that were committed when a defendant was under the age of 18, it ruled that “standards of decency” had evolved to recognize that a juvenile’s “lack of maturity and an underdeveloped sense of responsibility”...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Feb 25, 2018 | Privacy
Facebook just announced sweeping changes to fix significant problems with its newsfeed, the main conduit for news and information for over 2 billion people. However, the problems with Facebook’s newsfeed won’t be fixed with these tweaks. In fact, they...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Feb 18, 2018 | Law and Justice
Last year’s civil rights survey by the Department of Education revealed some disturbing trends: Out-of-school suspensions for black students are common for preschoolers and a pattern of disciplining black students more than white students is consistent from...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Feb 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
As a whole, Americans know to drive on the right side of the road, wear their seat belts and obey traffic signs, but for many states in the great USA, additional laws are needed to clarify the obvious and not-so-obvious rules of the road. We’d like to think that these...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Jan 6, 2018 | Crime
It feels weird, in a way, to deal with female serial killers. The type of crime spree that inspires mass murder usually feels like the work of a deranged man, and a majority of the most notorious serial killers of the 20th century have been male: To read more please...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Dec 27, 2017 | Crime
Many convicts spend their lives going in and out of jail, never getting on the right track. But there are some who do make it out of the slammer and completely turn their lives around for the better. These people deserve some recognition for proving that criminals can...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Dec 18, 2017 | Safety
Getting a driver’s license is considered a rite of passage for many teenagers. Representative of freedom and adulthood, a teen may spend a majority of his or her time behind the wheel of a car or as a passenger in a friend’s car. But as exciting as being a new driver...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Dec 9, 2017 | Privacy
While the internet is a great way for users to gain quick access to relevant information and gives shoppers the ability to purchase products from the comforts of their own home, cyberspace is also a potentially hazardous and dangerous realm. If not accessed with...
by Gabriel Alkhdour | Dec 2, 2017 | Law and Justice
This blog is a part of a series dedicated to celebrate JPI’s 20th Anniversary. Bart Lubow’s piece is excerpted from comments he delivered at the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) conference in Orlando, Florida in April 2017...
