Even the most hard-nosed economist will now concede investment in good early childhood has the biggest return on public investment. But what about a reverse argument that failure to invest in prevention of bad early childhood experience is the most...
You may be interested in this overview article about the ACE Study where, starting on p211, we describe our findings from screening for ACEs on a very large scale. Even this initial step had unexpected major benefits. ...
One year ago, a mudslide wreaked havoc on Oso, a small community in Washington state. It took just a few minutes to topple dozens of homes, leaving 43 people dead. Volunteers and first responders rushed to the scene to save trapped residents....
On March 10, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) was among a bipartisan group of senators that introduced a historic bill that would, for the first time, force the federal government to acknowledge that marijuana has some medical value. Booker, who has...
A record number of inmates – 346 people — died behind bars in Florida last year. Most were from natural causes, but a series of suspicious deaths have raised questions about safety in the prisons. Federal and state law enforcement...
Like many people I’ve read all about the ACE study. I took the test and know my score. Frankly, the news for those with an ACE score of 6 or more is terrifying. It’s early mortality of ON AVERAGE 19 years. You...
Domestic violence is never OK. Yet in 29 countries around the world, one-third or more of men say it can be acceptable for a husband to "beat his wife." Perhaps more surprising: In 19 countries, one-third or more of women agree that...
Last month, The Chronicle of Social Change began “Positive Youth Justice: Curbing Crime, Building Assets,” a series that imagines an entire continuum of juvenile justice services built on the positive youth development...
Women who have depression or anxiety during pregnancy or in the year after giving birth are not having their needs recognised and not getting the support they need as a result, according to research published by Centre for Mental Health and the...
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry reports that following military parents' return from combat deployment, their children show increased visits for mental healthcare,...
The call comes in from a high-rise complex on Third Avenue in mid-city Los Angeles: A woman is again throwing items from her ninth floor apartment balcony. On this day, it’s a large picture frame, its glass now shattered in the...
Economic inequality across America’s large, coastal cities continues to deepen, according to a new study released this week by the Brookings Institution. The study, by Alan Berube and Natalie Holmes of Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy...
I couldn’t stand the stares. I could ignore everything else, but not the stares. We went to the zoo and the Jersey shore, we flew to Atlanta for a family reunion — me with Gran, her with my parents, a normal family. And I couldn’t...
A bill that would limit Washington public schools restraining or isolating students is working its way through the state legislature, making it at least the fourth state to move to limit restraints in recent months. Last year, an analysis of...
There are three ways to look at how the juvenile justice system is using modern practices to reduce youth crime and violence. One is what happens on the way to the detention center where a kid is held until trial – i.e., how the system decides...