Kids, even those who have committed crimes, deserve better than the bare minimum.
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Everyone wants to help. A teacher or parent picks up the phone and calls the police because they believe it’s a way to help a kid or teenager with problems. The police make referrals to prosecutors and juvenile courts because they believe the same thing. Lawyers and judges send youth to detention centers because they think incarceration is where mental health resources are available.
Matthew Cavedon is director of the Project on Criminal Justice at the Cato Institute.
