Juvenile Detention Equals Recidivism

Study: Juvenile Detention Worsens Behavior Problems

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Researchers have found that rather than rehabilitating young delinquents,

juvenile detention - which lumps troubled kids in with other troubled kids

- appeared to worsen their behavior problems, reports Time. Compared

with other kids with a similar history of bad behavior, those who entered

the juvenile-justice system were nearly seven times more likely to be

arrested for crimes as adults. And those who ended up being sentenced

to juvenile prison were 37 times more likely to be arrested again as adults.