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National & International Perspectives
Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Action Plan for Federal Policymakers (New York: Justice Center of the Council of State Governments, 2009, pp. 58)The Children's Defense Fund's important 2007 report, both summary & entire document, on American children prone to abuse, violence, ill health, inadequate education, & arrest. The US ranks near the bottom compared to other wealthy countries in birthweight, mortality, & poverty. The U.S. surpasses all in number of incarcerated persons. Marion Wright Edelman writes about relationships in "Young, Black and Locked Up," one of a series of Child Watch® Columns on America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline® Crisis. See America's Cradle to Prison Pipeline, Children's Defense Fund
Child Abuse, Re: involvement in criminal justice system, mental health, incarceration, & reentry. Link to the "Child Abuse" website of National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.
"Juvenile detention 'a revolving door," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 11/02/07, p. 5B, led us to Fight Crime: Invest in Kids New York, a 11/01/07 press release, a support organization, The New York State Association of Chiefs of Police, Inc., & "Getting Juvenile Justice Right in New York: Proven Interventions Will Cut Crime and Save Money," a 32 page report