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Preferred term
contemporary juvenile corrections
Definition
- 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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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/contemporary_juvenile_corrections
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