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Article: Juvenile crime: Just how tough should we be?
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- December 2, 2007
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SHARON COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-02-2007
Juvenile crime: Just how tough should we be?
By SHARON COHEN, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Date: 12-02-2007, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions
A generation after America decided to get tough on kids who commit crimes sometimes locking them up for life the tide may be turning.
States are rethinking and, in some cases, retooling juvenile sentencing laws. They're responding to new research on the adolescent brain, and studies that indicate teens sent to adult court end up worse off than those who are not: They get in trouble more often, they do it faster and the offenses are more serious.
"It's really the ...
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