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From Houses of Refuge to 'Youth Corrections': Same Story, Different Day
Publication year:
2005
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: A review of past abuses nationally within juvenile facilities and recent scandals in the California Youth Authority (CYA) is presented. Topics discussed following an abstract are: houses of refuge -- the start of an era; Ex Parte Crouse -- court decisions and effects; the OConnell case; Gault and Kent -- challenges to the punitive nature of juvenile justice; same story, different day -- abuses and scandals continue; reception and diagnostic centers; some effects of incarceration -- the inmate social system and victimization; a notorious example -- the CYA; one more example -- a treatment program that failed; high recidivism rates plague juvenile prisons; and the legacy of almost 200 years of juvenile justice imprisonment.