Missouri’s juvenile justice system in crisis, finds report
Missouri has been held out as a model for juvenile
corrections programs, but the court system that puts young people into
these programs is in crisis, finds a recent report by the National
Juvenile Defender Center (NJDC). “Many young people in Missouri
wind up having to defend themselves in our juvenile courts – and
sometimes from behind bars,” says Mae C. Quinn, JD, professor of law and
co-director of the Civil Justice Clinic at Washington University in St.
Louis.