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| Young offenders court, a step too far? |
| By communityvoices.sites.post-gazette.com |
| Published: 11/23/2012 |
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When it comes to holding violent young people accountable the slippery slope just got a little more slippery. A new study suggests that 18 to 24 year-olds should be prosecuted in specialty courts, not the adult criminal justice system. In the late 1990s, Professor James Alan Fox predicted a “coming teenage crime storm.” Young “super-predators” were described by a Florida Congressman in 1997 as, “the most dangerous criminals on the face of the earth.” The 1994 Department of Justice report, Violent Crime: National Crime Victimization Survey found that young people age 16-24 consistently have the highest violent crime rates ... Read More. |
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