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State Legislative Responses to Violent Juvenile Crime: 1996-97 Update (NCJ 172835) November 1998
Bulletin
16 page(s)
Torbet, P., Szymanski, L.
Analyzes State laws enacted in 1996 and 1997 to target serious and violent juvenile crime. This Bulletin highlights trends concerning jurisdictional authority, judicial disposition/sentencing authority, corrections programming, confidentiality, and victims of juvenile crime. Seven tables are included.
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