Videos

Theodore Corbin is at the forefront of a growing awareness that the emergency room provides a pivotal and potentially life-changing moment in the lives of young people who end up there with intentional, nonfatal injuries such as gunshot, stab or other assault wounds.   Ted views violence as a public health issue and discusses his community-focused, hospital-based program designed to address the needs—physical, emotional and social—that victims of violence face after being released from the em

Kathleen Creamer talks about the struggles that families endure during incarceration and as parents attempt to reassume the role of primary caretakers.  The challenges are even more daunting when the parent has a child in foster care. Children are often denied much-needed contact from their incarcerated parents and caregivers lack adequate financial and social support during parental incarceration.

Stoneleigh Fellow Kathleen Creamer was among the interviewees for the documentary on mothers in prison from the University of Pennsylvania.  The documentary, titled "Pregnancy & Prisons", looks into the issues of shackling, prenatal care and custody rights for incarcerated mothers.

Action News photojournalist Gino Canella wrote about the Chester City High School Youth Court and the work of Stoneleigh Fellow Gregory Volz, which was featured on 6ABC's Action News on June 16, 2011.   Watch it here. 

At WHYY's Community Cinema on February 22, 2011, two short videos produced by staff of Healing Hurt People were shown presenting the stories of young people who have been victims of intentional injuries (gunshot, stab, or assault wounds).  The videos focused on the feelings they experienced before, during, and after the incident — as well as how the support groups they are part of helped them recover and develop a supportive community.

View the video to learn more about Dr. David Rubin's research on placement stability for children who have been placed in foster care.

Meet Leslie Acoca in this new video as she talks about her work with the Girls Health Screen project for girls entering juvenile detention.

Candace Putter explains that improving the education and training offered in juvenile justice facilities will help youth, upon their release, to have better chance at returning to school or obtaining meaningful employment.

Common Justice is an alternative to incarceration process initiated by Stoneleigh Fellow Danielle Sered.  The project seeks to foster healing in communities, promote equity and fairness in the delivery of victims' services, and diminish over reliance on incarceration.  The process brings together the harmed parties, the responsible parties (those who committed the crimes), and other community members such as neighbors or family members.  These people work with trained facilitators to reach agreements to address the needs of the h

Stoneleigh Fellow Gregory Volz talks about the development of youth courts in the City of Chester, Pennsylvania, and how they are an effective alternative to the traditional school disciplinary system, which often pushes students out of school. Youth courts, he asserts, reduce the number of youth in the juvenile justice system and foster youth development and academic achievement. Youth Courts use corrective dispositions to help offenders better understand the consequences of their actions, and keep them in school.