Alternatives to Detention
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Prevention & Intervention Programs for Juvenile Offenders
- This study identifies what programs have been clinically shown to most effectively prevent or reduce juvenile offenses. It outlines how community-based rehabilitative programs can substantially reduce costs to the state when compared to detention.
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Community-Based Programs Decrease Juvenile Crime
- A fact sheet that graphically represents how community-based programs decrease juvenile crime by reducing recidivism.
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Juvenile Prisons: Paying More for Less Safety
- Graphical representation showing that detention is far more costly than alternative community-based rehabilitative programs.





