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Adolescent Development & Juvenile Justice
Behavioral psychologist Dr. Elizabeth Cauffman explores the factors that drive adolescents to commit serious crimes. In addition, she explains the importance of helping these juvenile offenders to stop their crimes, rather than simply incarcerating them.

Kids Behind Bars
This young convict was sent to an adult facility, leaving him alone in a sea of predators and violent offenders.

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'Culture Of Violence' Pervades Rikers' Juvenile Facilities
Juvenile detainees are subjected to routine violence, both by other inmates and by correction officers.

Sexual Abuse Persists In Juvenile Detention Centers
More than one in 10 juveniles under the age of 18 are sexually abused while in detention, according to government data. Reginald Wilkinson, former director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, recently sat on a Justice Department panel aimed at figuring out ways to curb the abuse.

Crisis-Prone Texas Juvenile Facilities Look to Reform
The Texas juvenile corrections system is in a deep crisis. Allegations of physical and sexual abuse at youth prisons in Texas have led to arrests and firings of top officials and prompted a push to reform

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• Juvenile justice
• Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
• Office of Justice Programs
• Prisoners of Profit