This is an interesting article and especially the comments because deals with the issues of:
Intended Consequences. Here the youths were placed in juvenile detention centers, but then released to community programs within days and were back in court shortly afterwards.
Unintended Consequences. The article deals withe unintended consequences on the youths whose behavior is not altered, [...]
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MOUNT JULIET, Tenn. — A system put in place to ensure students’ safety failed, and a mother is demanding answers after her daughter was injured in a fight Wednesday morning.
No Tape of Incident Exists as School Bus Camera Was Not Working During Beating
The Mount Juliet school district worked recently to increase security on its buses, [...]
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Three Woodland High School Students were booked into juvenile hall on battery charges for fighting during lunchtime Wednesday.
Seven units responded to WHS at 12:51 p.m. for a report of a fight that broke out during a game of handball. Police are still investigating what prompted the fight but WPD Sgt. Anthony Cucchi [...]
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A fight broke outside the Frayser High School cafeteria Tuesday, shortly after 11am. Police were called and arrested two 18-year-old students. Five others were taken to juvenile court.
“My friend’s brother told me he wanted a one-on-one. So I waited till school to start, and after lunch, started a fight,” said Latravis [...]
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Oakland police arrested a 49-year-old man early Friday morning after he burst into Children’s Hospital in Oakland brandishing a gun and took a nurse hostage minutes after an attempted carjacking, Oakland police said.
Cottrell Broadnax, an Oakland resident, was arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment, possessing a firearm as an ex-felon and attempted carjacking, Oakland police [...]
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ANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — Acadia Hospital in Bangor is under investigation by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services after an employee complained about workplace safety. OSHA started it’s investigation on July 26th, the licensing division of the Maine Department of Health and Human services plans [...]
On Monday morning, Thomas Richard Cowan loaded 13 bullets into two handguns, left his German shepherd chained to the fence and drove eight miles from his home in Kingsport to Sullivan Central High School. Whatever his mission, it was the 62-year-old Vietnam veteran’s final drive.
For about an hour, Cowan’s armed invasion spread [...]
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VALLEJO, Calif. (KCBS)_ Things are back to normal at Vallejo High School after a Tuesday lunch-hour fight injured two campus supervisors.
Police were called to the school when students exchanged punches with a number of non-students. Before the city of Vallejo went bankrupt officers were regularly assigned to the campus.
KCBS’ Dave Padilla reports this is [...]
LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) – Two Lubbock teens, wanted for a May 23rd murder, are back in Lubbock. Authorities brought Jakey Ayers, 15, and Clarence King, 17, back from Houston Monday. They’re held in the Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center. The teens are both charged with the murder of Marqus Lewis, who [...]
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