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Effort to Arrest Fewer Youth [NPR.org]

 

Is there ever a “good” youth arrest? Even without the use of excessive force, arrest can prove traumatic and destructive and the effects long lasting. One police leader from a small Pennsylvania town recounted the story of a young person who lost his promising future, with a merit-based scholarship to a four-year college, when police arrested him and charged him with a curfew violation. He spent no time in a detention center, but his criminal record, even for a status offense, lost him his scholarship and college acceptance. Imagine how this story would have ended if the arresting officer had had a way to correct the behavior without formally charging this youth.



[For more of this story, written by Laura E. Furr and Heidi Cooper, go to http://jjie.org/how-cities-can...-fewer-youth/180990/]

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