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Keeping Kids Out of Court: Three Case Studies Illustrate Some of the Latest Efforts to Reduce Juvenile Recidivism Within Their Communities

Wade, Beth
June 4, 2015

Source: (1998) American City & County 113(5).

Juvenile crime decreased from 1996 to 1998 and only 15% of the offenders were arrested again after their first offense. Juvenile justice programs in Oklahoma County, OK; Dakota County, MN; and Deschutes County, OR, are presented as case studies.

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