Every year, thousands of teenagers are shipped to boarding schools, boot camps, and other facilities against their will. Some may call it tough love, but the “troubled teen industry,” whichgenerates billions of dollars annually, is reportedly a hotbed of psychological and physical abuse that tr...
Turning Troubled Teens Into Career Criminals: Can California Reform the System to Rehabilitate Its Youth Offenders?The author suggests a statute that mandates institutional reform to the juvenile system in California. She reviews the process, procedures and roles of the California Youth Authority (CYA)...
She touts her “national agenda for children” whenever she can, to whoever will listen, other Cabinet members included. Her wish list stretches from prenatal care to children’s nutrition to job-training for teens, most of it outside the realm of the Justice Department. “We all have a re...
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