“I am my brother’s keeper.” Roger Herrera, 15 year old student, Dallas, Texas at NCPC’s training, Washington, DC in February, 1986 Roger Herrera’s remark beautifully embodies the National Crime Prevention Council’s beliefs which undergird our programs for teens-the affirmation that teens are part of something larger, that teens can (and have a desire to) take responsibility […]
Can the Massachusetts Juvenile System Survive the Eighties?
The authors, a former Commissioner and a former Deputy Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, offer the thesis that the serious offender represents the ultimate test in any juvenile correctional system. They portray how the Massachusetts community-based correctional system has, in its first decade, met that test, and indicate what further work must […]
Book Forward: Beyond the Courtroom
Our system of justice is adversarial. Lawyers argue the rightness of their case within a corpus of law as interpreted by a judge or jury. The laws change. Those served by the law change. Free legal service is now available in some form or other to the poor and to juveniles. Before long, children may […]
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