Author: neaton
I am a College Police Officer with 28 yrs in Law Enforcement. I have also worked as a Correction Officer and a Mental Health Tech. I am in the Criminal Justice Graduate Program here at BU. I live in Texas.
To begin this blog, I would like to quote: “With one in every 108 Americans behind bars, the deinstitutionalization of prisons is a pressing issue for all those facing the daunting challenges of successfully reintegrating ex-offenders into both their communities and the larger society” (Frazier, Sung, Gideon, & Alfaro, 2015). Similar to military life, prison […]
Trauma in the Texas Juvenile Justice System It is widely recognized that children incarcerated in the Texas Juvenile Justice System have often experienced significant trauma before their admission to state schools, halfway houses, and probation systems. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) aims to “create an environment where we can help them learn to make […]