Heather, slight and precocious, made her Los Angeles County high school’s track team as a freshman. It was a major feat, something to be proud of in the maelstrom of the 14 year-old’s life. Only months before, the county’s...
MICHAEL BROWN WAS, at best, stopped by police for stealing cigarillos. Sandra Bland for failing to signal a lane change. Freddie Gray for carrying a switchblade. Yet these encounters all ended with them dead. Distrust running both ways...
About one in three black men in the United States can expect to be incarcerated at some point in their lives. Black men comprise 6% of the U.S. population but 35% of the prison population . Along the way, they will meet a lot of...
There has been lot of buzz about a video shot last year of a Kentucky deputy sheriff handcuffing an 8-year-old schoolboy with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) . Last week, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit ...
Talking is a skill most children take for granted. But not in this classroom. A dozen young children sit in a circle, dressed for pajama day. Some clutch their knees or a stuffed animal. A boy in Spiderman sleepwear looks worried but eager as...
The connection between green space and human well-being is so intuitive as to seem axiomatic. Cities abound with stressors, countless studies suggest , and contact with natural environments can help residents take the edge...
Children in U.S. military families are more likely to engage in risky behaviors and to be bullied than those in civilian families, a new study finds. Researchers surveyed about 688,000 middle and high school students in California in 2013,...
For most psychologists, the working week is varied, but mostly predictable, with patient appointments, letters and clinical sessions. But for Stephen Weatherhead, a 37-year-old clinical psychologist working in Lancaster, and for a lot of other...
Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston found that people with a psychological condition such as depression, anxiety, psychosis, or alcohol/drug abuse are more likely to be readmitted early into a hospital for...
The National Center for Juvenile Justice , the NCJFCJ's research division, has released the first in a new series of case-study publications supporting themes explored in the Juvenile Justice Geography, Policy, Practice, and Statistics...
Juvenile justice probation and detention workers play an important role in helping system-involved youth and families navigate justice and social service systems; achieving goals of accountability, competency, and community safety; and promoting...
Over the past 40 years, most poor neighborhoods in the U.S. have only gotten poorer. Now, a series of new maps by Justin Palmer , a designer at Github, details exactly where these neighborhoods are—and just how much worse off...
I will never forget a particularly unsettling incident in the operating room while I was a young and impressionable medical student on my first surgery rotation: Attending Surgeon: "Intern, what’s the story on this patient?”...
Mental illness is nothing new. Even thousands of years ago, Hippocrates recognized the difference between momentary sadness and illness, writing that if "a fright or despondency lasts for a long time, it is a melancholic affection."...
Even in an increasingly secular society, faith leaders play a large role in the lives of millions of people. In African American communities in particular, there are many who will discuss their problems with their pastors before ever stepping foot in...