Teen Court in Baltimore, Maryland, USA @ Scott Peterson's www.GlobalYouthJustice.org Channel.

Short Mini-Documentary on the Teen Court in Maryland at the Global Youth Justice YouTube Channel. Visit the Global Website on Youth Justice programs called Youth Court, Teen Court, Peer Court, Student Court and Youth Peer Panel from Scott Bernard Peterson. Global Youth Justice strives to promote solutions which alleviate some of the world's most pressing social problems. We support the empowerment of youth to serve as youth justice champions and advocates for a more peaceful world. We strive to improve the quality of life for humans through reducing crime and incarceration rates around the globe. We initially achieve this through favorable outcomes that result from promoting the global expansion of quality youth justice/juvenile justice diversion programs commonly referred to as youth court, teen court, peer court, student court, youth peer jury and youth peer panel. A record 1,155 plus communities around the globe now operate one of these youth court or teen court juvenile diversion programs. While there exist greater linkages today between nations and peoples than our planet has likely ever known, we still see all around us an ever-increasing divide between the rich and poor. This is especially transparent in the disproportionate representation of the poor and those with a disease in the juvenile justice system and criminal justice system. Youth court and teen court programs around the globe are engaging youth in record numbers to volunteer and work side-by-side with adults who have empowered them to bridge this divide and work toward a shared vision of human dignity, greater equity, freedom, basic security and justice. Youth must be at the forefront in the struggle to overcome some of our most pressing and complex social problems and global challenges and these local youth court and teen court programs are a big step in the right direction.

If negative peer pressure is a primary factor in leading some youth to commit a crime, offense and/or violation, then positive peer pressure can be harnessed and redirected to become a positive force and lead other youth to adhere to the rule of law and become more productive citizens. These youth court and teen court juvenile justice programs harness positive peer pressure and utilize it in a peer judgment setting to help address the anti-social, delinquent, and/or criminal behavior of youth. The peer judgment and positive peer pressure aspects of these youth court and teen court programs are the two (2) primary programmatic elements which separate these youth court and teen court juvenile justice diversion programs from all of the others.

Making the Time for Juvenile Crime.


Scott Bernard Peterson
Chief Executive Officer/Owner
Global Youth Justice, LLC

Visit us at www.globalyouthjustice.org

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