Should children as young as 12 be sent to juvenile detention?
- Written by Natalia Orendain, Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, University of California, Los Angeles
Youth detention center in Atlanta.
AP Photo/David GoldmanChildren under 12 will no longer be treated as criminals in the state of California when they break the law, based on a new law that went into effect on Jan. 1.
Before the law was passed, California had no minimum age for sending children to juvenile court – and that’s still true...
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