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Report: Models for Change: Building Momentum for Juvenile Justice Reform

Published December 1, 2006

A new report by the Justice Policy Institute, a grantee through the Foundation’s Models for Change initiative, finds momentum building for a possible wave of juvenile justice reform across the country.

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MacArthur supports reform in 35 states and aims to help accelerate a national juvenile justice reform movement to improve the lives of young people in trouble with the law, while enhancing public safety and holding young offenders accountable for their actions.

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