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Justice and human rights does and that's what the rfk action corps does with juvenile offenders. >> so many of us have thought of your father frozen in time as the presidential candidate. but, of course, he was the attorney general and was chairman of the president's council on crime and juvenile delinquency. and social welfare issues for children were so critical to who he was. >> that's right. he's the father of 11 children. he loved children. and he was really concerned. with the time, juvenile offenders were looked at as kids who needed a good whack or more discipline. but he really saw th...

Was, if i was in a foster home, if i was with a family member, that rfk was going to be there. it was good to have that support. i never had that. >> this is an action group started all the way back in 1969, only a year after your father was killed. really is a legacy. how has it worked when other organizations have not? >> well, under a model like the rfk action corps, it has the lowest rate of recidivism and least expensive per person cause for taking care of juvenile offenders. this is a cutting edge program, even though it has been around for 40 years. it is the model we these to use acros...