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The enlightened path against youth crime? Prevention
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011
Jul. 20, 2011
… we must set aside polarizing positions and identify the common ground around which an intelligent approach to youth justice can be crafted… evidence-based crime prevention… criminal justice policy must be led by prevention, not policing or incarceration… years of service downloading have left community agencies without the resources they need to intervene – the most acute problem being the utter deficit of mental health services for children – and are left to watch their young charges descend into a youth criminal justice system that often fails to rehabilitate them.
Tags: budget, crime prevention, youth
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