Community-Based Alternatives for Troubled Youths Gaining Ground

In a Capitol Hill briefing on September 10th, 2014, co-sponsored by the National Council on Crime & Delinquency and Youth Advocate Programs Inc. (YAP), NCCD’s Director of Research Angela Irvine and others led a discussion on community-based alternatives to detention for youth who are in the juvenile justice system.

In a Capitol Hill briefing on September 10th, 2014, co-sponsored by the National Council on Crime & Delinquency and Youth Advocate Programs Inc. (YAP), NCCD’s Director of Research Angela Irvine and others led a discussion on community-based alternatives to detention for youth who are in the juvenile justice system. In this article, Juvenile Justice Information Exchange expands on problems related to our juvenile justice system and searches for potential solutions.
 
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