This series is part of an ongoing collaboration with the Center for Public Integrity.
It presents one of the most vexing challenges facing our nation’s juvenile courts and corrections systems: how to treat, supervise, punish or just plain cope with troubled teens whose delinquent behaviors are connected to or caused by emotional disturbances and mental health problems. In a continuing series, the Juvenile Justice Information Exchange explores these challenges and issues. Read more in the series:
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Significant Steps, and Gaps, in Cook County’s Drive for Mental Health Care for Delinquent Youth
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New Therapy Proves Effective for Juvenile Sex Offenders