Closing California's Division of Juvenile Facilities: An Analysis of County Institutional Capacity

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Author(s)

• Macallair, Daniel
• Males, Mike
• McCracken, Catherine

Source(s)

• Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice (San Francisco, CA)

Sponsor(s)

• Van Loben Sels/RembeRock Foundation (San Francisco, CA)

Details

Published 2009. 23 pages.

Related Topics

• California
• Criminal justice statistics (Statistics &Research)
• Juvenile facilities (Facilities)

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