Juvenile crime rates are down, as is enthusiasm for the "get-tough" reforms of the 1990s, including transferring young people to the adult justice system. The latest issue of the Future of Children examines juvenile justice system policy and practices and identifies reforms that are working to reduce juvenile crime -- including those that take into account that adolescents differ from adults and that the justice system alone is ill-equipped to address the needs of the young people involved.

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