Vera Institute of Justice

Just Kids: When Misbehaving Is a Crime

Chapters

Just Kids
Understanding adolescence, acting out, and calls for help
How status offenses lead kids into the justice system
Why criminalization is not the answer
Decriminalizing adolescent behavior
A national movement
Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up?
Endnotes
Acknowledgements

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Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up?

Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up?

August 2017

Mahsa Jafarian
Vidhya Ananthakrishnan

Skipping School Can Get Kids Locked Up?

with report author Mahsa Jafarian and youth advocate Dinae

A national movement Endnotes

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