A program is helping troubled youths get out of the juvenile justice system and back in their homes.The nonprofit New York Foundling runs "Blue Sky" for the Administration for Children's Services. The ...

The judge on the mental health docket asked the family to again consider MST. Demetrius’ aunt had opposed the therapy program, but his mother was open to it. It was supposed to help correct his ...

The judge on the mental health docket asked the family to again consider MST. Demetrius’ aunt had opposed the therapy program, but his mother was open to it. It was supposed to help correct his ...

Nine juvenile offenders have graduated from a city program designed to keep young offenders from committing more crimes by treating their mental health and behavioral problems. The 6-month-old pilot ...

How do kids become delinquents? One study suggests it all starts with low intelligence. For some time, researchers have known that delinquents score an average of eight points lower on IQ tests than ...

Franklin County is starting a one-year pilot program for juveniles accused of certain low-level felonies. The program aims to help young offenders avoid incarceration and a criminal record through ...

A person under the age of 18 who violates the law is considered a juvenile delinquent. Conduct disorder is a clinically recurrent pattern of antisocial behavior in which a person frequently violates ...

As Delaware County works to reinvent juvenile justice, officials are moving forward with in-home services for juvenile delinquents. The goal is to keep youths in their homes and communities, a move ...