It is no surprise that cyberbullying has become increasingly common as we spend more and more of our lives online. Indeed, what was once something that occurred on a playground or a place of employment is now online. In broad terms, it involves using the internet or...
Juvenile Crime
Opinion: we need more informed treatment of juvenile offenders
Readers of our criminal law blog posts occasionally note Shazam Kianpour & Associates’ close focus on young people in Colorado and nationally. For purposes of our blog entries, that means children/minors interacting with the criminal justice system. They don’t...
Could this juvenile-protective legislation gain national traction?
Consider a juvenile – a minor/child still years away from commanding an adult perspective and mature outlook – on the receiving end of interrogation techniques being employed by law enforcers in an in-custody situation? Is it likely that such a youngster might crack...
Opinion: Let’s revisit discipline for school-aged children
A strong and persistently glaring spotlight has unquestionably been shining on acting-up juveniles in recent years, especially in schools spanning Colorado and the rest of the country. That uber-focus has been noted by many criminal law commentators. One authoritative...
Working early with troubled juveniles a winning justice formula
It is “really important to not hesitate and to not wait.” Those words are offered up as instructive advice from a prominent voice in Colorado’s criminal justice community. What Patrick Hedrick – Denver Public Safety Youth Programs Director – really seeks to emphasize...
Mixed bag of data on Colorado’s juvenile offenders
Youthful offenders in the Colorado criminal justice system will always comprise a demographic that is singular and closely scrutinized by law enforcers and regulatory authorities. And that is for this obvious and understandable reason: Juveniles facing legal...