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Juvenile Justice and Positive Youth Development

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Trends in Youth Development

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The American system of juvenile justice has existed for 100 years because of two beliefs that have remained relatively constant: (1) youth are not as culpable for their conduct as adults; and (2) youth are more capable of change and need room to grow (Zimring, 1998).

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    Peter L. Benson

  2. Forum for Youth Investment, USA

    Karen Johnson Pittman

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Schwartz, R.G. (2001). Juvenile Justice and Positive Youth Development. In: Benson, P.L., Pittman, K.J. (eds) Trends in Youth Development. Outreach Scholarship, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1459-6_8

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