Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy,
American Constitution Society for Law and Policy,
Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, Georgetown University,
and Georgetown Law Center Juvenile Justice Clinic

Present a symposium:

The Intersection of Juvenile Justice and Poverty

Thursday, March 26, 2009

It is widely recognized that the conditions of poverty affecting many children across the United States are a significant factor in juvenile offending, but there has been little scholarship on the ways that juvenile justice and poverty interrelate. On March 26, 2009, the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy, the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University, and the Georgetown Law Center Juvenile Justice Clinic co-sponsored a symposium that explored this theme from several angles. Three panels and a keynote address examined how the social factors that often accompany low socio-economic status can fuel patterns of offending and reoffending, how youth with different levels of wealth frequently have very different experiences within the juvenile justice system, and what strategies can be employed both within and outside the juvenile justice system to break the cycle of offending and poverty. The symposium featured presentations by the authors of forthcoming articles that will be published in the Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law and Policy, as well as discussion among these authors and other experts on various dimensions of the intersection of juvenile justice and poverty.

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Agenda:

Thursday, March 26, 2009
Georgetown University Law Center
Gewirz Building, 12th Floor
600 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001

To facilitate the participation of students in this conference, ACS offered a limited number of scholarships for up to $250 to assist in travel costs for ACS students.