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A Bright Future for Juvenile Justice

March 15, 2021 • Rachel Means • Season 3 • Episode 6

In this episode, I discuss the radial new approach taken by the Missouri Division of Youth Services (aka the Missouri Model) in an attempt to rehabilitate juvenile offenders. Learn more here: http://missouriapproach.org/

Sources for this episode:
ABC News. (2009). A New Model for Juvenile Justice [Video File]. Retrieved from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExPSUl8-hVU&feature=player_embedded
Mendel, R. A. (2010). The Missouri Model: Reinventing the Practice of Rehabilitating Youth Offenders. Baltimore, MD. The Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Aizer, A. & Doyle, J. (2015). Juvenile Incarceration, Human Capital, and Future Crime: Evidence from Randomly Assigned Judges. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 130(2), 759–803.
Thompson Reuters. (2017). Juvenile Delinquents. FindLaw. Retrieved from: http://criminal.findlaw.com/juvenile-justice/juvenile-delinquents.html
Welsh, W. N. & Harris, P. W. (2016). Criminal Justice Policy and Planning: Planned Change. (5th ed.). (pp. 117-127). New York, NY: Routledge.

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