Subject: Juvenile Justice

• A Disturbing, But Hopeful, Report on Dallas and Its "Prostituted Youth"

  September 16, 2008

• Observer writer Rozen wins Dallas Bar prize

  October 26, 1995

• A Minor Affair

  August 8, 1996

• Council to Consider Extending Juvenile Curfew Ordinance to Include School Hours

  Just one month ago we recounted the history of Dallas's 18-year-old Juvenile Curfew Ordinance, which keeps 17-and-unders off the streets from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 12:01 a.m. till 6 a.m. Friday and Saturday. Long story short, it wound up in court on its way to becoming "a model ordinance for other communities," as the Harvard Law Review put it in 2005. So, no need to revisit ancient history this morning, not when the present's so much more interesting.At noon today, the c

  February 2, 2009

• Playing The Lead

  February 5, 2009

• Dallas' Letot Center Helps to Stop the Sex Trade

  Innovative center tries to save teen girls from prostitution

  November 13, 2008

• For Whom the Bell Tolls

  Electronic monitoring may dramatically curb truancy. So why isn't DISD interested?

  June 26, 2008

• Juvenile

  Reality Check (Atlantic)

  May 4, 2006

• 12-year-old Killer

  The story of Edwin Debrow Jr., one of the youngest Texans ever convicted of murder, in his own words

  March 28, 2002

• Out of Mind, Out of Sight

  For a growing number of Texas kids with mental illnesses, the only place to get help is behind bars.

  November 8, 2001

• Thanks, But No Thanks

  Turning down millions in state money to build juvenile boot camps, Tarrant County opted for a different approach--one that works

  September 27, 2001

• Unhappy Campers

  Critics of a private prison firm that ran two juvenile boot camps in Dallas wonder where the love is at these "tough love academies"

  September 27, 2001

• The Superpredator

  Think it's brutal to send a 14-year-old boy to prison for decades? Meet Billy Ray Dennis, and think again.

  September 13, 2001

• Make 'em Pay

  Spurred by a horrifying wave of teen violence in the '90s, Texas today spends more money than ever to lock up young criminals. Are we getting our money's worth?

  September 13, 2001

• More, Please

  Quick, someone buy the county's juvenile authorities a copy of Oliver Twist

  February 22, 2001

• Horror story

  Thirteen-year-old Chris Beamon ended up in jail because of a homework assignment. Now the adults who put him there are trying to get their stories straight.

  December 23, 1999

• Buzz

  Get a grip

  November 18, 1999

• Stop the madness

  November 11, 1999