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  • 022218

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  • Published 2007.
  • 104 pages.

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The Consequences Aren't Minor: The Impact of Trying Youth as Adults and Strategies for Reform

Publication year: 2007 | Cataloged on: Apr. 12, 2007
ANNOTATION: This report contains "comprehensive information on the processes and policies that send youth to the adult criminal justice system, data on who is affected and real-life examples of individual youth who have been personally affected" by laws approved during the unjustified hysteria generated by the myth of "roving bands of super-violent youth" (p. 4). Chapters cover: how a youth ends up in the adult justice system; key findings; the opportunity for change; recommendations; and highlighted states -- California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, Virginia, and Wisconsin.
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