Getting Juvenile Justice Right by Thinking Outside the Cell

December 15, 2011

Marc Levin, J.D.

Marc A. Levin is the Chief Policy Counsel at the Council on Criminal Justice and Senior Advisor to Right on Crime.

This presentation was given to the Beyond the Bench Conference in San Fransisco, CA.

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