Montana Program Makes Youth Offenders Talk with Their Victims and Recidivism Plummets

Montana Program Makes Youth Offenders Talk with Their Victims and Recidivism Plummets

CRYJ juvenile criminal justice center in Montana – submitted by CRYJ In Montana, a focus on restorative justice is reducing juvenile recidivism through a nonprofit program that engages them, rather than punishes them. The nonprofit believes that it’s actually far more challenging for juvenile offenders to look their victims in the eye and explain why … Read more

A High School Supported its Star Student When She Needed it Most, 20 Years Later She Pays it Back

A High School Supported its Star Student When She Needed it Most, 20 Years Later She Pays it Back

credit – The Student Loan Doctor When family medical troubles seemed to have struck down a top student’s hopes for university, the administrators took action to lift them back up again. Now the holder of a doctorate and a successful entrepreneur, she has given back to the school that did so much for her by … Read more

Teens May Have Come Up with a New Way to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Using CRISPR Gene Editing

Teens May Have Come Up with a New Way to Detect, Treat Lyme Disease Using CRISPR Gene Editing

Tick species that spread Lyme disease – credit CDC From 60 Minutes comes the story of a Georgia science team that carried the Stars and Stripes to Europe for an international science competition and finished in the top ten by using genetic engineering to develop a superior testing and treatment method for Lyme disease. If … Read more