The COVID Pandemic Impact on Juvenile Crime & Data in the U.S.

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Kids At Risk Action (KARA)
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Mike Tikkanen
Executive Director
(48)
4
Project
Academic experience
80 hours per learner
Learner
Anywhere
Intermediate level

Project scope

Categories
Communications Community engagement Public health Law and policy Social justice
Skills
relapse prevention child protection juvenile justice legal discovery writing mental health
Details

Research and writing for this project will be used for KARA's social media as well as the publication of KARA's next book.

Law enforcement has few tools beyond a punishment model that treats disturbed 12 & 14 year olds like criminals instead of damaged youth that need coping skills and mental health services.

The challenge for our project is to find and present information that demonstrate trends due to COVID both the social and financial costs of a broken child protection system dumping foster children into juvenile justice and then a criminal justice system that is reaching a 9 year recidivism rate of 90%.

The lack of institutional transparency, media attention and public awareness of the exponential growth in generational child abuse, school failure and resulting crime & prison growth are contributing a misinformed and confused public that has become unwilling to support people and programs to improve the lives of these children.

Deliverables

Through interviews with key sources and discovery of key media articles / Google searches for critical information regarding juvenile crime and punishment in the U.S. today.

Deliver reviewed and selected information through short form reporting or longer form writing as agreed upon.

Mentorship

Regular Zoom meetings and email.

About the company

Company
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
11 - 50 employees
Legal, Government, Education, Non-profit, philanthropic & civil society, Public relations & communications
Representation
Sustainable/green Social Enterprise Community-Focused

KARA’s mission is to support the people, policies, and programs that make life better for abused and neglected children by creating awareness, initiating programs and conversations that involve the community in ending childhood trauma and generational child abuse.