Center for Effective Justice and Right on Crime Director Marc Levin's presentation on April 18, 2016 to the Arkansas Youth Justice Reform Board.
Juvenile Justice
The Issue Juvenile offenders are more impressionable than adult offenders and have longer lives ahead of them. This raises the stakes for dealing with delinquent youth, as the success and failure of policies have a far-reaching effect on future public safety and taxpayer costs. Sentencing youth to ineffective, inappropriate programs and facilities could place a...