Court-Mandated Educational Course for First-Time, Juvenile Offenders

Using education as a means for combating juvenile delinquency issues is nothing new. In fact New York State is launching a program that allows juvenile offenders to keep a portion of their high school credits even when they're incarcerated so that when they do return to school, they can return on a steady progression towards graduation: "Starting this fall, the program, called Close to Home, will enable them to remain in the New York City public school system while incarcerated -- and on the Department of Education's credit system" (Small, 2012). This means that there will no longer be situations where a teen is put in a juvenile program and leaves school in NY at ninth grade only to return a year later, also in the 9th grade. This program, while different than the court-mandated educational course for first time offenders that is...
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