Juvenile
Apr. 29, 2004
Floundering Juvenile-Justice System Needs Complete, Immediate Overhaul
Forum Column - By Leonard Edwards - No one could watch the recently released videotaped beating of a youth in the "care" of the California Youth Authority without revulsion. The beating, following a rash of highly publicized scandals plaguing California's juvenile justice system - from suicides to reports of youths being held in cages - is prompting citizens and policy makers nationwide to ask what suddenly went wrong and what can be done to reform juvenile institutions.




By Leonard Edwards
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