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Y.N. van den Brink, LL.M., MA is Assistant Professor at Leiden University

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Addressing Disproportionate Minority Confinement in Juvenile Justice

Juvenile justice policies in the United States often explicitly address the issue of overrepresentation of ethnic minority youth in juvenile detention centers. Should we move towards official acknowledgement of this issue in Dutch juvenile justice as well?

Yannick van den Brink • November 18, 2013

Juvenile Justice Reform; Lessons Learned from the United States

“Do you want to learn how to lock up as many children as possible?!” A research trip to five juvenile justice systems in the United States.

Yannick van den Brink • October 21, 2013 • 4 comments

‘These sentences send out a strong signal’

The imposed maximum juvenile detention sentences in the infamous ‘Linesman-case’ give rise to the question whether retribution, general deterrence and compensation for a shocked society can be considered legitimate objectives of Dutch juvenile justice.

Yannick van den Brink • July 15, 2013