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Rachel Hoffman
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Children and Family Justice Center
O: 312.503.1472
C: 908.670.8382
E: rachel.hoffman@northwestern.edu
News
5/18/2013 The War in Chicago, CBS
5/16/2013 Fixing Illinois' Unconstitutional Mandatory Life Without Parole Sentencing for Juveniles, Huffington Post
5/14/2013 HB 2404: Raising the Age of Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, Juvenile Justice Initiative
5/13/2013 Illinois lawmakers revisit life sentences without parole for juveniles, WBEZ
5/13/2013 Chicago's black legal community meets to stem youth violence, Chicago Tribune
5/7/2013 One Case Makes the Case for Community Based Services, Youth Today
5/7/2013 Young Chicago poet Malcolm London speaks up for education on TED show, Chicago Tribune
5/5/2013 Editorial: State can be a leader in juvenile justice, Chicago Sun-Times
5/3/2013 Program in Illinois leaves some wondering whether the concept of fairness is being served, Illiinois Issues
5/1/2013 US: Raised on the Sex Offender Registry, Human Rights Watch
4/29/2013 OP-ED: Treating the Cause, Not the Symptom, When Juvenile Justice and Mental Health Meet, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
4/25/2013 Jay Scott: Redeploy Illinois solution to costs of juvenile crime, The State-Journal Register
4/25/2013 Jason Baldwin, after life without parole, Justice4Juveniles
4/23/2013 "My World"- Poem and Interview on School to Prison Pipeline, Free Spirit Media
4/22/2013 Criminalizing Children at School, The New York Times
4/18/2013 Our Opinion: Reduce teen recidividism; treat kids like kids, The State-Journal Register
4/17/2013 House passes bill to ease juvenile court age limit, The Chicago Tribune
4/16/2013 Central Park Five Trailer, PBS
4/12/2013 With More Police in Schools, More Children in Court, The New York Times
4/8/2013 Sentencing Laws for juveniles need fairness, The State Journal-Register
4/3/2013 Our youth are our responsibility, Rockford Register Star
4/1/2013 Juvenile Murderers Punishment May Change, Alton Daily News
3/29/2013 ABC Worldwide News Interview w/ Scott Bernard Peterson, Nightline ABC
3/27/2013 Prison Spending Bleeds the Education System, Huffington Post Politics
3/26/2013 Bill to increase juvenile court usage advanced, Unicameral Update
3/25/2013 Listenbee Takes Over as Federal Head of Juvenile Justice, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
3/20/2013 Why a year matters, The Dispatch and The Rock Island Argus
3/19/2013 Better Ways to Handle Youths Charged as Adults, Afro
3/18/2013 Youth Access to Counsel as Gideon Turns 50, The Chicago Bureau
3/15/2013 How Conneticut changed the juvenile justice world, Conneticut Post
3/14/2013 As Juvenile Justice Reforms Gain Traction, Kids Expected to Die in Prison Consider Redemption, The Chicago Bureau
3/12/2013 MAP: Which Kills More People in Your State- Cars or Guns?, Mother Jones
03/11/2013 A Silver Lining in the Juvenile Justice System, Daily Kos
03/06/2013 Better Care for Young Offenders, The New York Times
03/05/2013 [Good News] Starcia Ague: Juvenile Offender Turned Advocate, Juvenile-in-Justice
03/04/2013 26 Concrete Things To Do To Abolish Prisons in Illinois, Project NIA
03/04/2013 Where Addolfo's story took him, WBEZ
03/01/2013 Georgia House approves juvenile justice overhaul, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
03/01/2013 Can Teens Who Kill Be Rehabilitated?, The Huffiington Post
02/28/2013 MacArthur Foundation names 13 awards, UPI
02/28/2013 MacArthur Awards to Nonprofit Institutions, AP, Bloomberg Businessweek, Newstimes.com
02/28/2013 MacArthur Foundation Names 13 Awards, Breitbart
02/28/2013 MacArthur Foundation awards millions to 13 organizations for 'creativity and effectiveness', The Washington Post, FindLaw
02/28/2013 13 Groups Awarded MacArthur 'Creative Organizations' Prizes, The Chornicle of Philanthropy
02/28/2013 Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center Receives $750,000 Grant from MacArthur Foundation, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
02/28/2013 MacArthur award to nonprofit institutions, Yahoo! Finance
02/28/2013 2 Chicago nonprofits win MacArthur grants, Crain's Chicago Business
02/28/2013 NU law Center, SW Side community group win MacArthur grants, Chicago Tribune
02/28/2013 MacArthur Foundation awards $750,000 to 2 Chicago groups, Chicago Suntimes, Frrole, Chicago City and Press
02/28/2013 NU Law Center Wins Large Award for Juvenile Work as Cook President Takes Aim at Youth Detention, The Chicago Bureau
02/26/2013 Juvenile Justice Commission Recommends Expanding Juvenile Court Jurisdiction, Juvenile Justice Initiave
02/25/2013 US 'supercop' Bill Bratton: British police should make fewer arrests, The Guardian
02/21/2013 In 2nd Legal Victory, Chicago Mom Ordered Released from Prison, Chicago Tribune
02/21/2013 Who Belongs in Prison?, The Crime Report
02/20/2013 Throwaways: Recruited by Police & Thrown into Danger, Democracy Now!
02/19/2013 What Are Rappers Really Saying About The Police?, Racialicious
02/18/2013 Prisons and the Poverty Trap, The New York Tiimes
02/15/2013 Why is it So Hard to Expunge Juvenile Records in Cook County?, WBEZ
02/14/2013 Bad Kids Don't Deserve to Die Either, Black Youth Project
02/12/2013 Training Gap Cited for Police on Youth, Boston Globe
02/12/2013 Episode 7 - Felony Factory, WBEZ
02/12/2013 Robert Listenbee: Q&A with Incoming Federal Juvenile Justice Chief, YOUTHToday
02/07/2013 Lasting Peace, Huffington Post
02/04/2013 A Path for Hope: Ending Juvenile Life Without Parole (video), Take Part
02/04/2013 Thousands of Students Arrests Alarm Florida Justice Leaders
02/04/2013 Why is it so Hard to Expunge Juvenile Records in Cook County?, WBEZ
01/16/2013 Police Corruption Can't be Ignored, Chicago Sun-Times
10/09/2012 Growing Up Locked Down - Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the US, ACLU
07/02/2012 Poor Land in Jail as Companies as Companies Add Huge Fees for Probation, The New York Times
