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Silverlake experiment  

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  • The Silverlake Experiment grew out of the Provo Experiment, both of which were under the leadership of LaMar T. Empey. The Silverlake Experiment was a juvenile delinquency residential program operated in Los Angeles, California, from 1964 to1968, providing intensive supervision as a delinquency control strategy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Juvenile Justice; Silverlake Experiment]

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