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Chronic Runaways
It is a well-documented fact that it is more effective and less costly to prevent youths from traveling down the path to delinquency than to attempt remediation after the fact. Once a youth has committed a crime, it is, for the same reasons, important to intervene early to reduce or eliminate subsequent criminal activity.
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Corporal Punishment
Corporal punishment research has been a very active research area with conflicting results about whether or not corporal punishment is a detrimental behavior change procedure. Due to the fact that some individuals encourage people to carry out advocacy research with the intent to show corporal punishment is detrimental, one has to look carefully at corporal punishment research. There are well-controlled research investigations on both sides of the issue as to whether corporal punishment is effective.
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More Effective.Less Costly
It is a well-documented fact that it is more effective and less costly to prevent youths from traveling down the path to delinquency than to attempt remediation after the fact. Once a youth has committed a crime, it is, for the same reasons, important to intervene early to reduce or eliminate subsequent criminal activity.
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Do Detention Facilities Provide Adequate Mental Health Services for Teens?
While recent studies have estimated that as many as 65 percent of teens who are held in custody in detention centers have a diagnosable psychiatric or substance abuse disorder, many detainees are not getting the mental health care they need.
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Teen Vandalism - Are Parents Liable?
Many states have passed laws to make parents liable for their children's vandalism. Although parents may be liable for their child's acts of vandalism, most states limit how much a parent can be forced to pay.
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