"...recidivism by individuals who were confined as youth generates [significant] costs to taxpayers..[for] arrests, prosecution, court...

Paying for Protective Measures after being victimized is known as the "Willingness to Pay" approach to crime victimization. Costs to...

"[There are] two methodologies for estimating the tangible and intangible costs to [crime] victims. They are: (1) the [actual] "Jury...

There are two types of costs to victims of crime, tangible (i.e. medical, mental health, property & cash losses, lost earnings), and...

"...young people returning from facilities to the community come out worse... the kind of juvenile justice system that is needed is one...

Juvenile detention actually INCREASES the risk of recidivism. "incarceration as a juvenile increases the probability of recidivism as an...

"Not all difficulties are negative...geniuses have a perverse tendency of growing-up in more adverse conditions..." (Chapt. 5)...

"Dyslexics are outsiders...forced to stand apart from everyone else at school because they can't do [what] school requires...[this can...

. "...we need to remember that our definition of what is right [may be]...simply the way [people] of privilege close the door on those on...

In a 2007 study by the Journal of Qualitative Criminology, sampling 8,984 16-17 year olds, it was discovered that incarcerated youth have...