Building a youth-led movement to keep young people out of the adult criminal justice system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1268-1275

  Ford, Recco ^a   Hershberger, Shawna ^a   Glenn, Joshua ^a   Morris, Sarah ^a   Saez, Victor ^a   Togba, Francis ^a   Watson, Joshua ^a   Williams, Romeeka ^a  

^a Youth Art and Self empowerment Project   (United States)

Author keywords

Criminal justice; Juvenile justice; Prison; Youth; Youth organizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892504808     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2013.04.014     Document Type: Article

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