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Other Voices: Juvenile Justice Task Force can help the state s youth and save money

Other Voices: Juvenile Justice Task Force can help the state’s youth and save money By Noella Sudbury © Provided by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Each year, around 18,000 kids in the state of Pennsylvania have some type of contact with the criminal justice system. Most of these young people are in trouble for relatively minor behaviors, like failing to pay a court-ordered fine or a fee, shoplifting, disorderly conduct or possession of drugs. For youth adjudicated in Pennsylvania’s juvenile courts, the most common outcome is formal probation. This is the case even though 81% of these cases are misdemeanors and close to half of the kids placed on probation are determined to be at low risk to re-offend.

Pennsylvania s Juvenile Justice Task Force can help the state s youth and save money

Pennsylvania’s Juvenile Justice Task Force can help the state’s youth and save money Each year, about  18,000 kids in the state of Pennsylvania [1] have some type of contact with the criminal justice system. Most of these young people are in trouble for relatively minor behaviors, like failing to pay a court-ordered fine or a fee, shoplifting, disorderly conduct or possession of drugs. For youth adjudicated in Pennsylvania’s juvenile courts, the most common outcome is formal probation. This is the case even though  While putting kids on probation may not seem like a big deal,  research shows [3] probation isn’t effective for low-risk kids and is often a pathway to deeper criminal justice system involvement. Formal probation comes with close supervision and a long list of conditions. For many kids, this means more opportunities to miss appointments and make mistakes. Indeed, 

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