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De-escalating Juvenile Aggression  By Jeffrey S. Golden, J.D.,
Director, The National Justice Group, Lincoln, Nebraska
Juveniles are not simply little adults, and the techniques for
de-escalating aggressive juveniles are different from the
techniques used to deal with adults.  This unique status of
juveniles has been recognized and codified in various special
protections under state and federal law.  Juveniles are unlike
adults physically, psychologically, and socially, and the
aggression they display toward authority figures is
significantly different from the aggression displayed by adults.
Consequently, effective techniques used to de-escalate juvenile
aggression are different from those used to de-escalate adults