“A California Court for Young Adults Calls on Science”
- What led Shaquille to be arrested for felony? How did his involvement in the Young Adult Court program help him?
- Why is getting a felony charge dropped to a misdemeanor so important?
- What is Young Adult Court in San Francisco?
- What has recent scientific research in the field of neuroscience revealed about brain development?
- What does psychosocial maturity involve?
- Young adults 18 to 24 make up how much of the overall population? People who are arrested?
- What percent of young adults released from prison will be rearrested within five years?
- What behaviors do people with younger emotional brain age tend to engage in?
- What kind of support does the Young Adult Court provide?
- Why do you think a program like this could help address problems in the criminal justice system?
- Marian Wright Edelman, “Juvenile Justice Reform: Making the Missouri Model an American Model”
A California Court for Young Adults Calls on Science – The New York Times