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Report Reviews Youth Court Operations To Promote Effectiveness

April 30, 2008

The Hamilton Fish Institute has published "Youth Courts: An Empirical Update and Analysis of Future Organizational and Research Needs."

The third in a series on the status of youth courts sponsored by OJJDP, the report draws on a national survey to examine their operation, volunteer activity, functions, and resources. The information it provides can guide communities in developing and sustaining an organizational structure that allows youth courts to fulfill their mission of preventing young offenders from repeating antisocial behaviors

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The report is available online at http://gwired.gwu.edu/hamfish/Publications/Serial.



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