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August 3, 2023
How media reporting on firearm violence does more harm than good
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard joined the It’s All Journalism podcast to speak about the strategies that journalists can use to improve their reporting on gun…
July 28, 2023
Professor Sarah Katz Awarded Senior Stoneleigh Fellowship
Stoneleigh Fellow Sarah Katz spoke to Temple University’s Temple Law News about her Fellowship to promote racial justice in the child protection system. Temple Law…
July 13, 2023
New Effort to Improve Firearms Data Infrastructure
Stoneleigh Fellow Ruth Abaya is a member of a new Safe States Alliance working group to strengthen data, research, and advocacy on gun violence. Ruth…
June 21, 2023
People in the News—June 21, 2023 | ALM
Former Stoneleigh Emerging Leader Fellow Natasha Felder joined the Barristers’ Association of Philadelphia for a panel discussion on youth & violence in Philadelphia. Global law…
June 10, 2023
Santa Clara County came up with recommendations for alternatives to incarceration. Some…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Raj Jayadev spoke to The Mercury News about new Santa Clara County recommends to reduce the number of individuals incarcerated in its…
June 8, 2023
New art installation at Cherry Street Pier focuses on ending youth incarceration
Our partners at Juvenile Law Center are part of a new art installation at Cherry Street Pier focused on ending youth incarceration. Cherry Street Pier is…
June 3, 2023
Philadelphia’s child welfare system faces age-old crisis of staff shortages
Stoneleigh Fellow Steve Volk and his Resolve Philly colleague Julie Christie have published an article for Metro Philadelphia discussing long-term staffing shortages in child welfare.…
May 22, 2023
New Report Details Declining Youth Contact with Juvenile Justice System, but Rising…
Former Stoneleigh Fellow Adam Serlin, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, and Econsult Solutions, Inc. have published a new report outlining findings from a comprehensive socioeconomic…
May 17, 2023
Why Some Mass Shootings — And Their Victims — Go Uncounted
Stoneleigh Fellow Jessica Beard was featured by Undark for her research on firearm violence in Philadelphia during the COVID-19 pandemic. EARLY IN THE EVENING of Feb.…
May 11, 2023
General Assembly approves criminal sentencing reforms for minors
Illinois lawmakers recently approved criminal sentencing reforms expanding considerations for minors who have experienced abuse or involvement in the child welfare system. The reforms are…
May 10, 2023
‘They’re not getting the protection that they deserve.’ The city’s new Youth…
Our partners at Juvenile Law Center spoke to The Philadelphia Inquirer about their involvement in establishing the City of Philadelphia’s new Office of the Youth…
May 8, 2023
Abused children in California foster care, welfare systems should not be imprisoned…
Stoneleigh Fellow Sara Kruzan of Human Rights for Kids and Jarrett Harper published an op-ed for Cal Matters discussing ways to support children who commit…
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