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“The same factors that make youths ineligible to vote or to serve on a jury require us to treat them differently from adults when they commit crimes.”

— MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice, 2006 

 

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August 9th, 2009

Mentally Ill Offenders Strain Juvenile Justice System

The New York Times highlights how the juvenile justice system is the final destination for children with mental illnesses.  Los Angeles County and California’s Division of Juvenile Justice are described. 

The article is dated August 9, 2009 and available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/us/10juvenile.html