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A heavier police presence in a community or school ______________ the chance of an officer being present when the crime is committed, therefore ___________ the rate of incarceration for minority youth. 

The idea that children need to be protected by the state and that the state should serve as a “guardian” emerged in 

According to the OJJDP 2019 statistics, _______ accounted for 26.6% of all youth in residential facilities, more than any other group. 

If a young person is determined by the juvenile court to have committed a criminal act, he/she 

Research shows that 

According to OJJDP statistics, how many youth age 17 or younger are held in adult jails or a typical day? 

How many juvenile offenders were held in U.S. residential placement facilities on October 23, 2019? 

To graph the linear equation 

The Polk State athletic boosters sell hot dogs at home athletic events.  The graph below describes the profit, p, that is made after selling, h, number of hot dogs. Determine the equation of the line.  Write your equation in slope-intercept form (y = mx + b).

Problems in America’s juvenile justice system include