Increased investment in public schools is rewarded by reducing adult crime, according to a new summary of the Education Policy Initiative. The working paper, entitled “Public school funding, school quality and adult delinquency”, written by E. Jason Baron, Joshua Hyman and Brittany Vasquez, investigates whether increasing funding for public schools reduces crime rates. For years, Boys and Girls Clubs of America has been implementing comprehensive strategies to help its members develop self-esteem, acquire honest values and pursue a productive future.
These clubs also work specifically to prevent gang participation. Supported in part by federal funding, clubs have developed partnerships with corporations, private foundations, individuals and government agencies. According to a Columbia University study, boys' and girls' clubs have been effective in increasing school attendance rates and improving academic performance. In addition, public housing project clubs have reduced the juvenile delinquency rate by 13 percent, 31.Promoting racial equity and justice, criminal justice reform, education, K-12, mass incarceration+2 more.
Education and workforce development services are critical to ensuring meaningful employment and supporting long-term success, especially for people working in criminal and juvenile justice systems. For nearly three decades, educators, policy makers and criminal justice professionals have sought effective crime prevention strategies. Crime has a negative impact on families and communities and diverts money and resources that should be spent on preventive measures aimed at keeping people out of jail. We began the semester with some fundamental knowledge about the criminal justice system and, together with a series of expert guest speakers, we explored frontline police, correctional facilities, probation, human trafficking, re-entry centers, police unions, treatment programs, prosecutors, higher courts, collaborative courts and the impacts of crime.
The passion of SPP students for equity and criminal justice issues is inspiring, and I am honored to be part of their academic journey. Volunteers have helped elementary school students improve their reading skills and grades in Kentucky, patrolled recreational areas in New York City, helped law enforcement and community members close drug addicts' homes in Kansas City, and helped residents recover from natural disasters in California and the Midwest. This allowed us to explore psychosocial theories, the impact of fear on cognitive processing, disparities within the criminal justice system, and evaluation tools for a proposed concept of political reform. Education Secretary Arne Duncan and Attorney General Eric Holder today announced the launch of the School Discipline Support Initiative, a collaborative project between the Departments of Justice and Education that will address the “school-to-prison process” and the disciplinary policies and practices that can cause students to drop out of school and move to the judicial system.
Among the invited speakers on this topic was the lawyer of an inmate currently sentenced (to death), whose access to due process has been widely criticized by the families of the victims and senior judicial officials (including a former attorney general and a deputy judge of the Supreme Court, together with a United Nations panel). .
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