Addressing Child Mental Health by Creating a National Minimum Age for Juvenile Justice Jurisdiction.

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  • Author(s): Tolliver DG;Tolliver DG; Bath E; Bath E; Abrams LS; Abrams LS; Barnert E; Barnert E
  • Source:
    Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry [J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry] 2021 Nov; Vol. 60 (11), pp. 1337-1339. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 07.
  • Publication Type:
    Case Reports; Editorial; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Elsevier Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8704565 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1527-5418 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 08908567 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Jan. 2010- : New York : Elsevier
      Original Publication: [Baltimore, Md.] : The Academy, [1987-
    • Subject Terms:
      Juvenile Delinquency* ; Mental Health*; Adolescent ; Child ; Family ; Humans ; Male ; Schools ; United States
    • Abstract:
      In August 2020, in the midst of a national conversation about racism in the United States, news of a Black eight-year-old boy being arrested for sitting improperly in the school cafeteria spread through the country. 1 Body-camera footage showed police attempting to place the boy in handcuffs that slipped from his wrists before they took him to a juvenile detention facility where he was charged with felony battery. The boy's mother and lawyer reported that following arrest, he experienced somatic and trauma symptoms, including headaches, nightmares, and insomnia. His story, and the attention it garnered, illustrate the importance of the growing movement to establish a national minimum age of juvenile justice jurisdiction-an age below which a child cannot be prosecuted in juvenile court. We call upon child and adolescent psychiatrists to join this movement as a critical tool for promoting mental health and racial equity for children.
      (Copyright © 2021 American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
    • Grant Information:
      K12 DA000357 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS; K23 DA045747 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20210310 Date Completed: 20211210 Latest Revision: 20220311
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1016/j.jaac.2021.02.019
    • Accession Number:
      33691152