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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]This is the problem:

After every arrest, Sergeant Milburn looks up the suspect’s prior contact with the criminal-justice system. He estimates that in at least half of the unit’s juvenile cases, the suspect has had previous interactions with the police as a victim—of physical or sexual abuse, for example, or of neglect by a parent or family member. Milburn searched the 12-year-old’s history, and sure enough: He’d allegedly been physically abused at 6 years old. “Most of these kids don’t stand a chance,” Milburn told me. “I can’t tell you how many times we notify parents and they say, ‘I don’t care,’ or ‘Just send his ass to Cheltenham’ ”—the county’s juvenile detention center. “That happens more times than not.”

Absolute BS.[/quote]

yep.  And releasing the offenders back to parents like this is an exercise in futility.  We need juvenile facilities which are high structure/high nurture which are essentially going to "re-parent" these kids.  But the only thing that stands a chance is removing them from the environment in which they live.  [/quote]

Yes, this. Some sort of highly regulated environment that gives these kids a fighting chance and keeps society safe from them during this attempt at rehabilitation.

We're not talking about petty fights and shoplifting. It's sickening that these criminals experience no consequences.[/quote]

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