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contemporary juvenile corrections  

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  • As the United States entered the 21st century, it faced a crisis in juvenile corrections. Due to get-tough sentencing policies enacted in the 1980s and 1990s, juvenile incarceration was at an alltime high. [Source: The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: An Encylopedia; Juvenile Corrections, Contemporary]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-KP3H299F-Z

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