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Johnson, Robin – Journal of Law and Education, 1999
Government programs and initiatives have inadequately addressed education's importance in juvenile detention facilities. Detained juveniles are not "throw-aways." Congress has inadvertently recognized this population through the Urban Education Program; such minors are "at-risk" but not hopeless. Adoption of program guidelines at juvenile…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Intervention